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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PART IV
(1899-1910)
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Letterbook, LB-070
This letterbook covers the period October 1903-July 1904. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and John F. Randolph. There are also letters by
Walter S. Mallory, Frederick P. Ott, and others. Many of the items relate to the
Edison Portland Cement Co. plant at Stewartsville, New Jersey, which began
operation in September 1 903. There is also correspondence concerning the
technical and commercial development of Edison’s alkaline storage battery and
its use in electric vehicles. Included are a series of letters to Herman E. Dick
regarding the possible foreign exploitation of the storage battery, along with a
letter to John Jacob Astor suggesting that he invest in the Edison Storage
Battery Co. In addition, there are letters to John V. Miller pertaining to the
Mining Exploration Co. of New Jersey and to Edison’s search for nickel in the
Sudbury district of Ontario and in other locations. Also included are letters
regarding the erection of the iron ore concentration plant in the Dunderland
region of Norway, in connection with the Edison Ore Milling Syndicate, Ltd.,
along with other items relating to Edison's interest in ore milling, mines, and
ores. There is a letter to Francis Arthur Jones from Randolph's assistant, John
A. Boehme, delineating the organizational structure of the West Orange
laboratory and a letter from Edison to attorney Frank L. Dyer giving him "sole
and entire charge of my patent work." A few items refer to the domestic
phonograph business, Edison's experiments with x-rays, and his interest in
acquiring samples of radium. Among the items relating to family and personal
matters are letters concerning the launch Mina, purchased in February 1902,
and a letter containing Edison's recollections of the lighting of Menlo Park in
December 1 879.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "T.A. Edison
- Letter Book, from Oct. 22 - 1903 to July. 25 - 1904." There is a label on the
spine with similar information. The book contains 499 numbered pages and an
index. Approximately 25 percent of the book has been selected.
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Oct. 24, 1903.
". ,. « Pilling, Esq., - , ,^
Girard Trust 'Building ,
Philadelphia, Pa.
hftar ! i.-,
Will you kindly let me know at the earliest possible
moment regarding the money the Portland Cement Company wishes for
'Tovemher , and greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
f
Oct. 24, 1903:
To whom it may concern:
Hr. Thomas. Crahan in his business transactions with myself
h: 3 acted ill a straightforward manner.
(Signed) Thomas A. Edison.
Oot. 29, 1903.
Tyer RuVber Co.,
Andoyer, X«ass.
^ear Sirs:
and a ?eCClVed' 1 find that tlle ^er^e Caliper is four
,“'T ;:U0“ath“: 1 “ »" »*" thousandth. and this is t<
„ 1 **“ the r™*,r **11 ‘•■•I llttls raise.
noT, «r 10 ““ “ i™ *° th"‘ th0"“"<ltl'>. holts- rtll
S”'’i41”e 1 “ ”* Pi'"° °Ut ^ *—■ *■
wiatr ha$B non-** in it.
I .ill return the e««ple or you oan Mil „ to. « ,t regular
”* C" 3E"!i“1 1 entered lor three thousandths.
Yours truly,
Oct. 29, 1903.
IVilliam Sirapkin, Esq.,
Standard Construction Corporation, Ltd.,
London, VI. C., England.
‘war Mr. Simpkin:
Heplying to yours of the l,(?th inst., wish to state that
we v-e running regularly and turning out over a thousand barrels pei
day ana soon reach 15 to 1700. Expect to finance two more kilns, th<
we think we oan g0 to 3500 daily. Cement is selling at 85 cents
■at Mill, tvg ij00m having busted.
I
Yours truly,
Copy oi’ letter sent to Judge Hayes
ITov. 9, l9o|rf
Haye s
'/ . ,
t ha/e oeen furnishing my son W l Hriinn
. v bub w. x,. Edison some monev to
: ::: 7 ^ in — 1 - :
bv nt * - - ■* *« «* - _ reour8,
*«.«*£ z::::::: :r: *° w - — * -*
0-per ■’a • year, please draw up such a
;"1 ; : 08 *« -*-. « ,r.P.rtr,
"* “ ara™ 30 1 "'U1 >* 1WH. a. a p„to.r, etc „
r ■“ ” the ao°u"*,it 1 *iu — =«• «« * t0
00 aj pended.
Yours,
T. A. Edison.
39
42
/ Nov. 9, 1903.
I T:eg to acknowledge receipt of the certificate of com¬
mission, appointing me Chief Consulting Electrician of the Depart-
• -Electricity for Louisiana Pu
■chase Exposition.
Thanking you very muchfor same, I remain,
Fred G. Temme, Esq.,
33 ITorth Centra St . ,
In reply to your favt
. , I "beg to state
that at present I am all out photographs. You can obtain them
from C. M. White , Military St., Port Huron, Mich.
Yours truly.
16, 1903,
Geo. P. .Kuntz, Esq. ,
e/o Tiffany & Co . ,
Hew York. \
Friend Kuntz:
Can you spare me a little Will Unite to test my Radium
tube, just a little by mail?
Yours truly,
ITov. 13, 1903.
Copy of Letter received from Judge Hayes:
Shall i advance §50.00 asked for in the enclosed letter'?
It is in the suit brought by yourself and the Edison Storage Battery
Company to enjoin the Edison Automobile Company from using your
name. Mr. Edison's Memo, 0. K. Pay. T. A. E.
Hot. 17, 1903.
Mr.
\
Collector,
Ear it an Township, Highland Park,
Hew Brunswick, N. J. / .
Bear Sir: \ /
I *eg to return you herewith tax hill for the year 1903
on house and lot at Menlo Park, in the name oi Mrs. Marion E. Hoe,
and oeg to state that this property was sold some time ago to C I
Elliott, Trustee, Menlo Park, % J., who should pay the taxes on
Sai'ie’ Yours truly,
lliam J‘. Hammer, Esq.
26 Cortlandt St.,
Hew York.
ar sir:
Hot. 17, 1903.’
~n rePly to your
lt Lewis has an option t
T to myself. C - A.
r*T" or «•* beg to state
ill January let, at prio. to be eatiefao-
Yours truly, ' ■ , ‘ ’
Nov. 10, 19Q3.
Erank L. Dyer, Esq.,
Orange , N. 1.
Dear Sir:
I want you to have sole and entire charge of my patent work,
and I shall hold you responsible for its conduct. Any matter relating
to patents, either directly or indirectly,- suits on patents, applica¬
tions, licenses, contracts involving patents, and all foreign patent
work, etc., must go through your hands, so that I can get all informa¬
tion from you. All correspondence relating to these matters must
pass through your hands. When any question comes up requiring outside
help,, v/e will talk it over and decide to whom to send it.
Of course the above refers to all of my work, but where it relates
to anj"- of the companies or individuals coming under Mr. Gilmore’s jur¬
isdiction, I desire that he shall be conferred with with reference to
same, so that there will be no misunderstandings.
My principal object is to have this wo rk centered here in the
Laboratory so that I can find out everything about all of my cases by
going to you. This, of course, will involve the furnishing to you
of copies of all papers in connection v/ith each case handled outside of
your office, and you vrf.ll see that this is done.
Yours very truly.
.Tames B. Tonking, Esq.; Supt.,
Hew Jersey Zinc Co.,
Franklin Furnace, IT. J.
Hov. 18, 1903.
Bear Mr. Tonking:
Your favor of the 17th inst. enclosing piece of Wilimite
received and for which accept my thanks. X will try the sample and
it will no doubt prove satisfactory as it is a fine specimen.
Yours truly,
ITov. 19, 1903.
Caspar V/hitney, Esq.,
239 Fifth Ave . ,
Few York.
feor Sir:
■Replying to your favor of the 12th inst., I beg to state
t,‘it Xt wil1 1)6 P^iectly agreeable to me to have your man come
Ky residence on Sunday Fov. 22nd. to take the photograph
vhic, you desire.
Yours trul.V,
64
Hot.
21, 1903.
% Dear Dick:
I want to call your attention to the fact that things are
not going right with the Kill designs, etc. of the Dunderland Co,
That I believe Simpkin is doing just what he did here, that is he
will take two years longer than he calculates, because plans will
not be ready. There is I believe going to be some terrible errors
made. You better see my letter to Khoades, also look over my two
letters accompanying drawings filed with the Dunderland Co., also
look over the 26 Letters sent to Simpkin. Designing a plant in
lonoon, the way it iB being done is about the worst possible thing
that c^uii be imagined. Simpkin has no conception of the problem
or the difficulties, as instanced by sending me a complicated drawing
of the hopper above the Giants, that would not last ten hours. He
would not stop over one day at Cement Works to 3ee the Giants work
or anything else, he gave as his excuse to me in a letter that Her-
ter offended him. This is pretty small potatoes for a man having
such responsibilities. I have written Dunderland Company officially
and warned Simpkin that I will not be responsible for a single . thing ,
the drawing of which has not been approved by myself, anc. such
approval filed v/ith the Dunderland Co. There has been precious lit¬
tle that so far has received approval, I am not to be bluffed into
bitter
approving, what from actual/exporience in the past and now I know will
not work or prove unsat iofaotory .
76
Nov. 25, 1903.-
A. Ervigs El’tgr, Esq., f
Christiansund, Norway. \
Dear Sir: \ /
In reply to your favor of the 13th inst., I heg to state
that it is true that I have been working on an electric generator,
but at present fan not in a position to- give out any information,
fhanking you very much for the inquiry, I remain,
Yours truly,
Nov. 25, 1903.
James Symington, Esq.,
Port Huron, Mich.
Eriend Symington:
I am very sorry to hear of your trouble and hope that
before this letter reaches you that you will be around as usual. My
eyes were only slightly affected but are all right again.
Yours truly,
safety clicks and notice if they worked
spect and. keep them clean and what othei
as told to look out for
. starting, also to in¬
different foreman of the plants instruct their men thoroughly as to
what they should look out for and report, also report why it is that
13£i and 130 belts had to he taken up in Mill time and if this could
not have been anticipated, also if Mr. Pilling' s criticism is correcl
that in many cases belts are ordered taken up when in fact the slip¬
ping was due to backing up of ore against belt, at either head or
tail end, also what in your opinion is necessary to keep dust out
to make it dust proof
was that the crushing plant tried to run al]
l in crushing a single skip.
will also report, if in your opinion Mr . Hufn
have to
fnr noaltion. 1 shall hereafter/rely on
103
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108
H- S. Moult., ,, Ker._ " I*°-
Edison Portland. Cement Co.,
Stev/artsvllle, it. j.
Dear sir:
Eepl yln® t0 *our ^Tor of the 9th Inst t + .
, :::: - ::: ^ - -M- -
- <*•«. . nish* Wy r.r Chit o.„.nt, eto.
Yours truly,
Dec. 11,1903.
Electrochemical Publishing Co.,
118 Liberty St.,
Nev/ York.
Dear Sirs:
1 beg to enclose you herewith check for $3.00, in exchange
please send me your book of "Rare -Metals" by J, Ohly, Ph.D. and
oblige, Yours truly,
126
Crocker V/heeler Co.,
41 Cortlandt St.,
Sew York.
Saar Sirs:
Dec. 17, x-nOS.
that
very
Yours of the 14th ir.st. received and in reply I beg to state
we are no longer in the market for a generator and thank you
much, for your . uctatl^n.
Yours truly.
4
Dec. 18, 1903.
H. Me Kay 'rvorSggy, Esq.,
15 Br,.ad St.,
Hew York.
Deal' Sir :
7 c. • /ing to your telephone message, I wish to say that the
"battery v, getting along all right. In about the middle of January
v.-r* jump our output up four or five times. V/e have lots of or-
. u r., oik. for lighting seventy passenger cars.
Yours truly,
188
les L. Seabury & Cc.,
Morris Heights, it. Y.
. " “ ~iuuJ-y sena rae a Print of my launch "Hina"
U'; •?Ur0haSe<l fr0m you in February 1902, by Mr. John V. Miller
Leea.:.,us ol changing it into an electric launch. By giving
' prompt attention you will greatly oblige.
rank A. Hall, Esq.,
I beg to return you herewith your check received with your
letter of the 1st inst.as you failed to. endorse same. Kindly return
ssible, and oblige,'
Yours truly,
iffl'/YV- CL-1 Cl C'd-uim
133
■ December 22nd,). 903.
My dear Dudley: —
My cement plant has been in operation now since the
middle of September and we are making a high quality of cement.
I claim that our cement will carry more sand for the same results
than any cement now on the market, owing to the fact that 85^ and
more of it will pass 200 mesh screen, and from grinding the raw
materials finer.
I am anxiouB to get a disinterested test. Would you be
willing to have your boys make it if I send samples? I will be glad
to send you any size sample you desire.
Have you succeeded yet in knocking out the nattoriea?
With my kindest regards and compliments of the season, I Si
Yours very truly,
C ,B .Dudley ,
c/o penna. R.R.Co.^
Altoona, Pa.
Lag; suppose
at) out
12/29/03/WS MA
Messrs. Pilling & Crane,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirs: —
V,'e are in receipt of yours of the 28th inBt. and
much surprised that the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company declined to
send one of their men to Orange to Inspect the coal which is so full
of ash.
This is strong evidence to us that they do not oare to
inspect it because they know the quality of the coal is poor.
We have notified all our various departments, as per -carbon copies
herewith enclosed, to have all coal received from them in the future
analyzed, and if any more coal of the quality of this last lot is
received, we shall decline to accept further shipments from them.
V/e are offered plenty flf coal by outside people , the
quality of which they will guarantee , and in view of such treatment
as this, we are certainly under no obligations to continue the use
of coal from people who are afraid to stand behind it.
The above for your own and their information. If we are
to continue using this coal, we must have some assurances that we
will be protected in case of poor coal, otherwise we much prefer to
buy coal from people who will guarantee it in case the quality is
poor .
Yours very truly,
Deo. 31, 1903.
W. J . Hammer .
fJ6 Cortland t St,
Dear Sir:
Messrs. Williams, Brovra & Earle of Philadelphia sent me
lother Spinthariscope and it does not give scintilations no matter
iv/ adjusted. Why did you have it sent v/hen you already furnished
hat does scintilate?
Yours truly,
xo cti
SaaaadKBafca
Deo. 31, 1903,
■Williams, Brown & Earle
.Philadelphia, Pa.
lived unde:
No. 2 Spinthariscope
can not under-
one through Mr. W. J,
irsonaliy . The
lived from
adjustment, whereas the
itifully. Kindly advise
12/30/03/L
Mr. a. C. shand,
B’oad Street Station,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:_„
On the 22ndlnst- j wrote ^ g00d friend^ Dr> B>
Dudley, string that we Ve now manufacturing a Portland cement,
■vi-r-c-i owing t». the finer grx,ding of the raw material before burning
and the finer gr'^ding 0f the o^^,. , (we guarantee 85$ through
200 mesh screen) wi* carry more -Sd fQr the Bame strengtll than
anj cement now on the ^rket, either acetic or foreign, and asking
him if he would care to ma^ tests with oV cement.
I am in receipt of * letter from heating that he does
not have the special appliances for making oeme^ tests and suggest¬
ing that I write direct to you relative to the matter. Also to Mr.
W. H. Brown, which I have done, sending him practically a duplicate
of this letter.
I am very anxious to have your department make tests of
competition
our cement in With the -well known brands on the market
and will be pleased to furnish you the necessary quantity of cement,
free of charge, for these tests. Our own records and those made
by Cement experts show the cement to be of the quality above stated,
and I hope that you will see your way clear to make the most ex¬
tensive tests of it so that when your people are in the market for
12/30/03/wsmA
Professor w. Hibbert, Esq.,
c/o Polytechnic,
Regent Street, West,
London, England.
I send you herewith s»t request of Mr. Dick, curves pf the
18 plate cell on discharge at different rates. «>u will notice
that the curve at high rates is pretty good notwithstanding there
only six iron plates in the cell.
small runabouts where the average discharge i
Mr. Dick also requests that you send a copy to Dr. Eleming
and the PariB people. We enclose extra prints for that purpose.
yours very truly.
P.S. At this writing 1 am unable to enclose the additional prints
hut will have th«« follow in a later mail.
171
January 8,1904.
a. Phillips,
702 Empire Building,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Heplylng to yours of the 2nd lust, to Hr. Edison, I be£
■ t:^e stock of the Cement
■1 the plant has beer, in
• Company is not to be dis-
' any of the boys as ysrt and ;
The Storage Battery has been on the market since July last,
had so many orders come to us, it has not been necessary
rtise it, so for that reason, we have kept rather quiet
he battery.
Yours very truly,
Jan. 9,. 1904,
T. C. Armstrong, Esq.,
Cranbro ok , B. C.
Dear Bars:
Reply-lag to yours of the '8th ult., I beg to state that I
r&d the sample sent and it is quite rich 'in Nickel hut
tely it is in the form of arsenide of nickel and the pro-
orlcing arsenic nickel is very difficult and I am afraid
t; while the iron pyrites ore found in Canada is very
okel compared to yours it is very easy to work, being a
proposition. I have been to Ft. Steele years ago and -1
Tones who has a ranch near there. You might send 'me a ten
pie and I will see what can be done with it by trying to
r electrical methods. I am buyirtw^considerable nickel for
itery and will need a large quantity in the future. If 1
3 process perhaps by cobbing the ore you could; get it rich
stand shipping
here .
Yours truly,
175
.113 ng fit Crane,
Philadelphi a ,
l/8/04/V/SM/i
X understand that the Engineering Magazine would like to
llustrated article on our Cewent plant for one of their
1 1vcu-Ld pleased, to have them do so and. will arrange
scpls to furnish them whatever information they desire.
Yours very truly,
ex. i
Jan.. 11, 1904.
Armot
i’or Radium, Actinii
Polon:
>uderback:
I to yours or the 3rd inst., I heg to state that
ie Rational Phonograph Co. will not permit me to
°ord. 'What are you doing at present? Have you
i»is? I would te pleased to have you come over to
see ine;:any. time ■ at your own convenience.
Tours truly,
T. C. Martin, *
114 liberty Street,
?1**“ to th„ ■
" not taan ,OS8eotei
else:
L-' • Chicago, Ills.
whlia^ Bee “al?°n Laborat°ry) Orange , N.J.
Robert Bachman " « ,1
Reynold Janney, Glen Ridge. N.J
HS Pilllncr36^ Canf'1 Street , New York.
T. I.* OrSe ’ *n Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
usx **-^*»-
>ohn a! BoiLe »°n laJ>ora*ory. Orange ,N.j.
Robert Rafn , ’ •• „ "
35 » Herter, « >,
S. 15. Eager ty, » „
E . S . Qpdyke , « n „
?• A- F11ie6i> #55 Church St., Montclair N J
J.E.Murch, #77 Hillside Ave. Bton j j
Ave., Newark |n*J*
:T -Sadler, #18 Gates Ave . , Mdntclair N J
3avey, Bilmont Ave., silver Late
l.k .uajpier , #25 linden Avenue, Montclair N J
?.'w^yl0Brfork,#|223Mld"and AV^US> <»?**•*•
W.H.Mason, Stewartsville , N.J.
r^tvia.s.-i.8'-
A. S. Barnes, 123 So. 4th St., East on, Pa.
ff.C.Bowers, 177 Belvidere Ave . , ‘Washington
D. Smith, Stewartsville ,N.J. r!p.d. #lf
i, N.J.
189
="u am! marked, the :
a"“locua ll»‘ of a»ra, KU iy
•«!»£■», to §159.60. sln me
1 Me the lot as Tnarked.
Your favor of the 30th ult. came duly to hand and in reply
Edison 17 Prospect Street, East Orange, N. J. who has a process which
I understand is finished and intended for the purpose mentioned in
your letter,. and no doubt you will hear from him.
Tan. 21, 1904.
Frederick G. Burnham, Esq.,
Morristown, If. J.
Dear Sir:
Mr. V. W. Richards, Comptroller of the Mutual Life Insurance
Compaq, advises me that the Finance Committee has approved the release
of a lot 32 x 204 feet on property owned hy me and against which there
is a loan which they held (Mo. 20410) upon the payment of $1600.00
and all taxes.
I am instructed to communicate with you relative to the preparation
of papers in connection therewith and I shall be pleased to hear from you
aa to what further I am to do in the matter.
For your information I would say that all taxes on my property for
this year have been paid.
Yours very truly.
j.11 s London.
beg to enclose you herewith a copy of a letter received
who I understand is is the employ of
The party to. whom the letter was addressed
Laboratory to see Mr. Edison but unfortunately
him until
unable to
it the t ime and I
reading the letter over Mr. Edison requested
*ty that he never knew of any such arrangement
Yours truly,
k- T- (Jl-tov
■ Dick, Esq.
s/o 3r own , Shipley & Co.,
of any arrangement Having he en made to have Bergmann
nut his own- people ir our factory, I am not silling to put any out¬
siders at work until you say the same is setlofactory to you.
If Bergmann is dissatisfied with the delay, how would it do to
return him the money that he has paid on account of tools, and call
the matter off so tsr- as he is concerned'' I feel that he is trying
ling that any tools should
go abroad until they )
i entirely satisfactory hei
I have told Mr. Nueske that
siting until I hear from Europe
5 his own pleasure
Enclosure .
Feb. 3rd, 1904,
Myers,
1. evi shipping an electric launch to Fort Myers and
aah that you have it sent to the draw bridge and have
iir. Ptulpner dt Ft. Myers will take it. in charge,
Yours truly,
225
m-. Edison wants to know if you can get an Engineer down
;ut the engine in running order, also the Boiler and run
season; this he would like finished hy the 20th. If
issitle for you to get an engineer, kindly let me know one
, otter -by telegraph, also telegraph the distance from
to the dock wharejffe landed- Ias.t--ye.ar..
Yours truly,
%uJL. &&&
launch is shipped and I will have Mr. Edison send you
c,, 00 for various expenses. I wrote Hr. Hake to have the
,w,h 1;0 the draw bridge and have derrick put it in the
T a,.pCS,ae you will have to pay for this and you can
, If the $200, then you can have the boat towed home and
Feb. 10,1904.
M. A. Rosanoff, Esq.,
Orange , IT. J .
Pear Sir:
Mr. Edison advised me that he will discontinue the exper¬
iment on which you are working March 2, 1904 and after that date
he will no longer require your services.
Yours truly.
Secretary.
Orange National Bank,
I Beg to enolose you herewith keys to the safe deposit
box rented by me for the past year and beg to state that I wish to
discontinue the use of same this coming year.
I have emptied the box Of its contents and it is already
2/10/04/L
My dear Weir : --
The express wagon from Birmingham, has been at our Glen
Ridge Works now for some weeks, and has been in constant service
during the cold weather. It looks to me all right and will carry
a tonnage of 75,< of its weight and prohahly more. ¥
Shall I send it over or will you come over and see it?
Yours very truly,
£«u
X.C.V’eir ,Esq. , President,
Adams Express Company,
Hew York City.
253
Feb, 11,1$,04
Ghaa. H. Burke, Esq.,, Y. l’„,
South Grant's Field Club,
20 Broad St., New York.
Bear Sir:
I beg to a&» ise you that owing to another engagement it
will bo impossible Tor ms to attend the dinner ofyour club <m Tues¬
day February 16th. Thanking you very much for your kind .inwitatitaa,
and regretting that it will be impossible for me to attend, X
remain, Yours truly,
Feb. 11, ISO*.
Mrs. Nellie Edison Boyer,
Military St.,
Port Huron, Mich.
Bear Mrs. Boyer:
I beg to enclose you herewith a notice regarding taxes
in Fort Huron. You. will notice a memorandum on the card from Mr.
Edition and would kindly ask that you give this matter your attention,
and oblige, Yours truly,
i/tr-
251
Pels. 15th, 1904.
, Pleasant Cemetery Co.,
r'£' 75 Belleville Avenue,
Newark, U. J.
In reply to your favor of the 12th inBt., I beg to state
St the care of my lot is in the hands of Mr. Mawer, Sen., and
o has been paid for Bame.
1 return you herewith your bill for work which I did
t order.
Yours truly,
21
3' r
.February 16,1904.
. '«?. s. Pilling, Treasurer,
Philadelphia ,
Pa.
;a r Sir : •••-■
Together with my companies , I have advanced over $400,000.
tring the past year or so to the Cement Company, a good deal of
lich at considerable sacrifices.
Of the $50,000. X agreed to advance, I have already sent
40,000. and the balance 1 will try and send during March. Much
e> X regret to state it, X will he unable to send very much more
a the immediate future. After a financial breathing spell, I
x:pect tc be able to do my share with the rest.
I wish to make this a matter of record now, so the
1 rectors will fully understand my position. I am going ahead
r.Aer their instructions and placing orders for the necessary mater-
nlans.
270
Feb. 22nd, 1304.
Mr. V/. J. Hammer,
#26 Cortlandt Street,
Hew York.
My Dear Hammer
It would be a very desirable thing if you would loan
your great collection of Historical Incandescent lamps to the
Edisonia Exhibit at the St, louio Worlds Eair.
you say?
I am sure it will be well taken care of. What do
Herman Ernest Plait, Esq. ,
London, JBagisad.
Dear 3ir:-
I hqv* receive* a call from Hr, ff. S„ Eeyoocfc or Sheffield*.
England, whom ypjj dmibtleep know as one .of <t;h* largest manufacturers,
of railway app^anees cv.er .there. .Ha. -is .desirous of Asking up our
battery Tqr railway lightly .in a commercial way. He is acquainted
with our friend Parecttel. please see Hr. laycock and hive a good
talk with him on the .sublet of B. 3. lighting. fie works 1 under^d
with the Sold Oar Beating '& lighting!**. in this country, who are
the merohandlzers or our battery in ibis, country for railway
lighting.
YOurs -very truly. .
272
Eeb.
1904.
e is coming over in three weeks and will arrange to
e money. Fever mind about security. Pay when you
ohnBon, Esq.. ,
:ho Square,
ondon, W., England.
4
6th St.,
Newark, 3. J.
Eeb. 24th, 1904.
lying to yours of recent date, I beg
^rented in the subject mentioned.
Yours 'truly.
state that
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March 3, 1904.
Mr. John T. Leary,
226 Vest 44th St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Beplying to yours of the 1st inst., I heg to state that
1 haV8 no P°aiti°n «iat I can offer you at the St. Louis Exposition.
Yours truly,
March 4th, 1904.
Dr. G. 0, Welshman,
150 Summer Avenue,
Newark, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I heg to enclose you herewith check for thirty-five dollars
the same being in payment for note from Thos. A. Edison, Jr., re¬
ceived with your letter of the 3rd inst.
t Yours truly,
J.' re,, jr. id
298
299
March 14th, 1904.
E. E. Ott, Esq. ,
Port Myers, Elorida.
Dear Sir:-
In reply to the attached letter I heg to state that
the Clyde Steamship Company made you a certain rate on the launch
providing it did not weigh over S l/2 tons; hut according to the
freight hill, it weighs nearly ten tons.
The claim should he made from there as the payment
was made from that end of the line.
Yours truly,
sf March 21,1904.
Messrs. Hahne & Co.,
Broad Street,
Newark, N. J.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly have two separate hills made out for
the enclosed, billing ttp*. A. Moratory 1th the 3 Sponge
purchased on Peb. 36th and Krs. Thoma. A. 3d»«en .1th the refining
Item, on bill. Kindly give this matter year prompt attention —
return bill, to us at onoe, and^reatly jjbligP ,
Thomas A. Edison Laboratory .
T. H. Levons, Esq.,
Et. Myers, Ela.
On Eeh . 16, 1904 I sent you a check fot $31^.25- in payment
ol taxes on my B-orlda property but up to the present time I bar.
not recited receipted bill for same. Kindly return it to this of-
fice at onoe, and greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
312
March 22, 1904.
W. G. Brownlee, Esq.., Supt.,
Grand Trunk Railway System,
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly let me know when your company stopped using
the Phonoplex Circuit mentioned in the enclosed hill, as we have
searohed through all our files and do not appear to have received
any word from you stating that you wished same discontinued.
In regard to my right to collect royalties, I heg to state
that W patents have net expired and I a» still entitlsd to collect
Yours truly,
319
321
April 4, 1904.
fi;i iiie A. P. Smith Mfg. Co.,
, ' Passaic Ave . Poot of Brill St.,
j Newark, N, J.
Bear Sirs:
- Replying to yours of the 31st ult., I heg to state that
I Mr. Robert Arnot has been employed here at the laboratory for about
I five years in charge of the Patern Department, and during which time
'• I have always found him to be a first class pattern maker, of steady
i habits and a reliable man, and would gladly recommend him to any one
i 4 in need of his services.
< . Your, in*,,
^ Superintendent.
A ■
April 5, 1904,
John Wooleock, Esq.,
Cold Springs, IT. Y.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly arrange to make an appointment with Mr.
Howard Soandell of Mount Vill, Iona Island, H. Y. to meet you on
my property in order to take measurements of some more wood, and
blige. Yours truly.
•""" 4
April 4, 1904.
H. 7. Jones,
iddleburg, Md.
Madam :
Replying to yours of the 31st ult., I beg to state that I
a Consulting Engineer of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co.
■sow nettling whatever about its financial affairs.
Yours truLy,
328
April 11, 1904.
Captain Pick,
Hotel Imperial, Broadway,
New York.
'Jear Sir:
This afternoon I received a telegram from lire. He Hie
Edison Poyer, Port Huron, Mich, asking me to oall you up on the
phone. This I did and the party I spoke to at the Hotel informed
me that you were not around.
If you oall me up on the phone any time tomorrow morning
before 12 o'clook you will have no trouble reaching me. My tele¬
phone call is 407 Orange, New Jersey.
Yours truly,
Fidelity Exploration Company,
IS Purchase Street,
Boston, Mass.
pear Sirs:
Replying to yours of the 2nd inst., I heg to state that
at present I am not in the market for Niokeliferoue Pyrrhotite Ore.
Yours truly,
Jos. V. Collins, Es<j. ,
Stevens Point,
State normal School, Wis.
April 14, 1904.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 22nd ult., I heg to state that
the statement about my reading Rewton's Principia while still a hoy
330
c. A. Schenck, Ph. D. Forester,
Forest Department Biltmore Estate,
Biltmore, U. C.
April 14, 1904.
On my return to this office after an absence of several
months your letter of the SOth of Feb. and samples of ore were placed
before me. The samples have been put in slides and are now being
tested for Radium and as soon as I obtain results will advise you.
Thanking you very much for your kindness in obtaining the above, I
remain, Yours truly,
W. H. Anderson, Esq. ,
c/o Remington Typewriter Co.,
327 Broadway, New York.
pear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 13th inst . , I beg to state that
my time and attention is entirely taken up with ay own inventions,
that it is absolutely impossible for me to go into anything new at
present. Thanking you very much for calling my attention to your
patent, I remain, Yours truly.
April 14, 1904,
V. R. Carroll, Esq.,
Chief Electrician, U. S. Navy,
U. S. S. Hancock, Brooklyn Navy Yard..
Pear Sir:
heplylws to yours of the 7th lust., I he8 to state that
X would he Pleased to hay. you co»e out a„d visit „ hah.r.tory any
time at your own convenience.
331
April 16, 1904.
Wesley Young, Es q.,
Room 801, 11 Broadway,
New York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 5th inst., I hag to state that
Mr. S. G. Burn is of the Cornish Brand of plain Mining Experts and
can not say very much in his fdvor.
Yours truly, ~
jCca 0.^iocn_.
April I®, 1904/
C. H. Maroher, Esq.,
Morton Bldg., 116 Nassau St.,
New York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 4th inst. , 1 "beg to state that
I know very little about Col. Henry C. Demming, and it is impos¬
sible for me to say if he is a chemist by profession, therefore
could not recommend him as regards his ability.
Yours truly,
„ April 18, 1904.
-isc. Myrtle Kemp,
Cromwell, In.
Dear Mias Kemp :
Yours of the 11th inst. received, replying to same Deg to
state -hat I io not understand your inquiry. Kindly send me a copy
of the advertisement, and oblige,
Yours truly,
James Hewson, Esq.,
670 Bergen St.,
Newark, N. J.
Boar Sir:
April 18, 1904.
Replying to yours of the 16th inst., regarding hill against
Thomas A. Edison Jr., I beg to state that as I have nothing whatever
to do with his personal affairs, you will have to look to the young
man for the money. I return you herewith your bill.
Yours truly,
342
April 22, 1904.
Eugene H. DewiS'^'Epq. ,
44 Broad Street,
Hew York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 6th inst., I teg to state that Mr.
Edison has instructed' me to carry outrun idea of giving Prof. Crocker
the eight shares of Mhrconi Stock, which I will forward to you as soon
as Mr. Edison visits Unsafe deposit vault and has the shares trans¬
ferred, hut just when this will he I am unahle to say.
Yours truly*
r
April "26, 1904,
nia 'tiiax
jxlno nto I
trf^iasI'wT
T. Bo Doolittle, Esq. ,
IBS Milk Street,
Boston, Mass.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 22nd inst., I beg to -state that
the "Baker" is the best light Runabout. Next, for a little heavier
Runabout, our experience is that the Studebakar is the best, but
they will not give me any discount.
Yours truly,
{JU CL t’rU..
/
April V6, 1904.
J. B. Wee abridge , Esq., General Manager,
The Commercial Motor Co.,
West Side Ave. & Broadway, Jersey City, K.J.
"OlSffT 1*5
Replying to yours of the ** inst., I beg to state that
the wheels are finked but I a, continuously having trouble with „
machine , especially speed gearing that I have *»•» unable to £ *
hut trust X will be able to do so some time during May. , - « '
lU ' Yours truly,
April 26,1904.
M. Bowers, Esq.,
lav/t on , Old: on a .
Replying to yours of the 15th inst., relative to the com-
rc;.al value and market for n£±*or%" , leg to state that I would ^
vise you to write to the Vfelshack Incandescent light Co.'A^'
— • Yours truly,
~A . .lU-ciA--
■April 26, 1904.
Mr. Emory Eoster, EditorSunday Edition,
The North Amerioan,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 19th inst. to Mr. Randolph, I
■06g to 3tate that I have no such invention as mentioned in your let
ter. Yours truly.
352
25&y ;3, 1904.
Messrs. A. Groenewegen & V/. J. Geus,
Koekstraut 3,
Bordre cht , Holland. _
-r-r.
r- — *“
thank you very much for the a
mry wo... i» y»r 1 re“1“’
Yours, tr-uly-f— >
_ CL £dwo<rrw-
Elihue Thomson, Esq., I y/
c/o General Electric Co., fX
West Lynn, Hass.
^ K.PW1M « v.- - • 1 "• “ **“' “
, , „/„»*, nave teen received W t.r accept w *»««
samples of Quartz , and find that they cer-
! navi experimented with the varied, piece.
tainly have prcpertie. I never .npp.e.d _
Yours truly,
'J&trttKL* CxfctaUa'’" —
353
John V. Miller, Esq. ,
Sudbury, Ont.,
Canada .
Dear Sir:
May 3, 1904.
Replying to yours of the 28th ult., X beg to state that X
want you to stick to the original plan of drilling line of holes
T200 feet deep, then will decide what further is to be done.
Yours truly,
....
ivkoLf Cffn-dluvtoxi -
Liap£»'*<^VM.Cj <rvv
cs'
May 3, 1904.
Dr. A. C. Ferguson,
194 South Oxford St.,
Brooklyn, IT. Y.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 28th ult,, I beg to state that
"The Ehonometer" is not on the market and I myself have none that I
care to dispose of.
Yours truly,
,*ck<d' Ike onU;
Geo. E. Joseph., Esq.,
Acapulco, Guerre o,
Replying to yours of the 24th ult., I heg to state that
I do not manufacture Magnetic Iron Ore Separators for sale.
yours truly,
Ira M. Miller, Esq.,
Treas. Aultman & Miller Buckeye Co
^ Slr: , , t0 yours of the .5th ult., I Beg to state that
^ JZ - - « «* - ** — “d 1 ~rt Klm
six dollars per week. yours truly, ^
Brands Arthur Jones, Esq..,
226 West 44th Street,
Replying to yours of the 15th Inst., heg to state that the
Edison Laboratory is divided in seven different departments as
(l)Master Mechanic's Department (Machine Shop, Pattern & Model Dept,
in. charge of Robt. A.Bachman. (Electricians, and Automobile Dept.
(2 Superintendent 's Department Precision Room &
in charge of John E. Ott ( Designing
(3) Chemical and Experimental Department in charge of Mr. Edison personally.
(4) 0ffice. In charge of Mr. J. P. Randolph.
(5 Segal Department. In charge of Mr. E. D. Hyer
( g)Glass Blowing Dept. In charge of Mr. Charles Dally.
(^Draughting Department . In charge of Mr. E. Herter.
Trusting the above information will prove satisfactory,.
I remain, yours very truly,
LAND AND BUILDING BUND ,
I hereby subscribe to the Land., Building and Endowment Bund
of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the sum of
Five Thousand . . . Dollars ($5000.00)
Thi'J subscription Shall M paid in
May 23, 1904.
H. E. Dick, Esq.,
Carlton Hotel,
London, England.-
Dear Sir:
I Leg to confirm following Cable sent you this day in reply
to your letter of the 14th inst.
11 If any action is brought to prevent manufacture of Edison Cell
within five years, will agree to defend action at my expense. If
manufacture stopped will refund the fifty thousand pounds, hut if
manufacturing is not prevented, Company to pay litigation expenses.
Remember this will tie up cash coming to you, so we can keep guarantee,
advise having nothing to do with financiers but get money from manu¬
facturing people. Can let you have some money if you need it to
hold on. Getting good shape here in manufacturing and soon could ship
cells in quantity to England, so could start business before man¬
ufacturing. Have made great improvement lately, orders unlimited
coming in."
Yours truly,
Ira K. Killer, Usq., May 26 > 1904.
c/o Aultnaa Miller Co.,
Akron, Qhi0o
tear Sir:
: beg to
i!*r'lyln!! *° y""r* tie SSM Inst. i„ „
1 W11 **• ‘M. »«.r •, ,10,
Yours truly,
Storage Batteried
you later on.
/ -
“ i May 26, 1904.
sx G. Lsaoandrew, 3sq«,
General Blectrio Co.,
Jlarrisoii, IT. j.
Senlyiatj to yours of the S5lh last., X beg to state that.
I'll bo unable tc be present on the day mentioned. Shanking you
r ffiuuh for your kind invitation and trusting you will all have
sst enjoyable time. I remain,
4
Yours,., truly
396
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May 31, 1904.
Edisoa Portland Cement Co.
Girard Trust Building
Philadelphia, Pa.
pear Sirs:
I beg to advise you that the $15,000.00 to he loaned you
for the month of June will he sent in the following installments:
June 4th, $5,000.00, June 15th $5,000.00 and June 25th $5,000.00.
Tours truly,
Messrs, PachBros.,
S35 Broadway,
Hew Tori.
Dear Sir:
May 31, 1904.
I heg to advise you that I am returning you this day hy
Express the photographs which you sent me on the 26th ult. The
photos marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the ones I approve of.
Yours truly,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Girard Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bear Sirs:
X heg to enclose you herewith three notes dated Hot. 23rd,
1903, due June 1, 1904 for $5350.00, $5550.00 and $5500.00 respective¬
ly, which I agreed \to return to you as per my letter dated May 27.1904.
Yours truly,
June 13, 1904.
Lund Cement Co.,
Trust; Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
5 .1 have not heard anything from my notes and collateral
r&noed, will you kindly advise me if the above have been
uid greatly oblige,
Youra truly,
Jne 11, 1904.
1
oko-j-,
National Electric Co.,
Lwaul'iee .
. Robert hosier has aslced me to write you about himself,
plates making some business arrangements with you. X
osier for over 20 years and he understands the electri-
. both technically and commercially, and in ray opinion
Yours truly,
June 22, 1904.
os, Editor,
'.'agasine ,
«:STb 29th St . , ft. Y.
lying to yours of the 9th inst., I beg to state that
mistake about the presentation of the peper on "Alkaline
the International Electrloal Congress at St. Louis,
is to oe read by Mr. A. E. ICennelly and not by myself
Yours truly,
•Louis, -Mo.
r. lying to yours of the 19th inst. I beg to state that
an instrument for the relief of deaf persons some time
o been so very busy with my other inventions, I never
to perfect it.
Yours truly,
June 22, 1904.
'-'our- or of the 20th inat. came duly to hand and in
C hog to state that there must he some mistake about my machine
in your neighborhood and having caused an accident last fall,
vs.r. never in your vicinity at that time. Can you let me know
a'nvr" weal time the accident happened, also kindly give me the
>r and a description of the machine, and oblige,
Yours truly,
June 22, 1904.
rs. W. J. de Geus & A. Groenegen,
Koekstraut 3,
Dordrecht, Holland.
Sirs :
Yours of the 13th of June received, also photograph of your
named "Edison". Thanking you very much for sending me the
a. I rennin. Yours truly.
c. 1: i|
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June 24, 1904. 1 H
r fl
My Pi . ' Jar* Pilling;
. 1
Yours regarding costs of Cement in Lei/* valley received
T3 : thing In sprung on Uhu Board periodically "by Mr. • crane. In my
opinion it #e<Ad to ?;•' the advantage of all concerned that Mr. Crane
before he ©*t-ea hit a peri<aa3-Aal Si'fsrt te praveafc US from obtaining money
to carry our enterprise thTfu#:, to «9t a reliable balance sheet giving
actual results that can be relied upon. If the iguies you give v/ere
true, the prices for last years should have & ht ■. dividends and invest¬
ments far in excess of that reporttid by any t-.mpa.uy.
n ■'
r. s. Pilling, Esq.,
irard Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
une 27, 1904.
•Vi ?lll?.ngs
li-.ruy ir.3 to yours of the 25th. last, wish to say that you quite
misunderstand. my letter. No statement about costs can be made that
woula. scare me and. I am always glad to get information, but you must
know that we have some shakey men with us who know nothing about
manui'a o t ur ing and these things sprung on them and the pessimistic
tone of Mr. Crane's conversation is not for the interest of our
scheme. Notwithstanding all the statements made, there is no maker
madcc of Cement in the Eehigh Valley who makes cement for 70 Cents.
There are other ways of getting costs than by their balance sheet.
Yours truly,
w.. r-„ r 1 : ...ing, Esq.,
i-'.l Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Tours truly,
449
John Jacob Astor, Esq.,
23 West 26th Street,
Dear Sir: . . nped
One of the Stockholders of the Edison Battery Co.
„t w ^ -a - - - — •* — ■ at;M ’r:r*
mi. » * only party I ha.. «« a™ « “»> *« “11‘
C™» » «. .. «a*» - *» «“ ■* i °r“*' lr“
_ VA„_ (jirard Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Our capital i. on. million «... and»500,000 -
«n„ 8ot §250,000 or «- — ** — *“* - ”W'
Yours tru3jrj___^— •
CTpW~
450
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July 1, 1904.
W. S. Pilling, Esq;.,
Treas. Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Girard Trust Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa,
We of the 30th“ult. with Y““-
nan to bo the right etuff, g»e «- **“”•
I ^ .,5. Mallory Showed . ourr. published by Volconlt. Co. to «
S , .. „ <• ^Kt,- It made a hig showing
Dinan added our curve of 370 Briquettes. 6 .
and we eould guarantee it. Crane at netting ep.h. eo»t=»t^ oi
„d Mr. Mallory tor. it up in dieguet. 1 thin* your - eould nee
effeotlrdiy if he .aid w. would guarantee it.
Tours truly.
4DA
July 1, 1904.
j?. T. Crewe, Eeq. ,
Oplin, Ore.
rear Sirs
Replying to yours of the Feb. 6th, heg to state that the Bed
metal is mostly platinum covered by Ferric Oxide, also large amount of
rusty -gold which you do not get. Could you mate a concentrate as good
as sample sent me or even four times poorer, you could extract all the
“ ^;old byMercury and he able to sack and ship your concentrate and get
’ e.00d price for it. You will see that there is a large quantity of
gold and platinum invisible to the eye until you treat the sand with
concentrated Muriatic acid, vfcen it all shows up in great shape.
Yours truly,
454
460
I. C. Straight, Esq.,
817 Konadnock Building,
Chicago, Hi.
I "beg to enclose you herewith a deed which was sent to me
"by Mr. W. C. Battey of Port Myers, Pla. for the property 'which I am
to purchase from Messrs. Pecks for $150.00.
Will you kindly look over the deed and if it is correct
have same executed and advise me to that effect, and I will send you
a check for the amount.
468
L. C. Me Cann, Esq.,
Mahoney City, Pa.
July IS, 1904.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 8th inst., X "beg to state that I
have -no position to offer the young man ..you refer to in your letter.
Yours truly,
July 14, 1904.
H. E. Hick, Esq.,
c/o Brown, Shipley & Co.,
London, W. , England.
Pear Sir:
As per request of Mr. Edison, X enclose you herewith a
letter from Mr. E. H. Johnson,
i. You will notice a jpeneil memo .
the first page as
follows: "Dick- Set E. H. 1. shd -use yohr own
judgement. E."
Youths truly.
469
Trenton, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Kindly let me know v/hether you make all the machinery
necessary for manufacturing hard rubber on a small scale. I am
contemplating putting in a plant in connection with one of my fac¬
tories, which is a large user of hard rubber, and would like to as¬
certain whether you could place the machinery in a plant as above
mentioned. Please send any catalogues you may have illustrating
individual hard rubber machinery, and oblige,
Yours truly.
July 14, 1904.
Stamford Rubber Supply Co.,
Stamford, Conn.
Dear Sirs:
Kindly send sample of Rubber Substitute with prices, and
greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
482
July 16, 1904.
John Jacob Astor, Esij. ,
23 West 26th Street,
Hew York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of tie 13th inst., I beg to state that
there being some delay in receiving your answer, I find that Mr. Pilling
sold as much as he is willing to sell at the original price he paid,
and now says that he will not sell any more unless he retains l/2 of
the Btock he got as a bonus. Perhaps he will relent in time, as I
know he is terribly hard pushed for ready money.
Yours truly,
July 16, 1904.
Postmaster,
Orange , IT. J.
Dedlr Sir:
On the order blanks giving the various parties authority
to sign for registered letters addressed to Thomas A*. Edison, Edi son
Storage Battery Co., and Hew Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating
-Wks., I would ask: that in the future no letters be delivered to Mr.
p. c. Devonald, and that you cross his name from the different lists.
Yours truly.
July 18, 1904.
James H. 'White, Esq.., Kan aging Director,
national Phonograph Co . , ltd.,
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E. C., England.
Dear Sir:
X am enclosing you herewith invoice amounting to $4400.00,
which represents your proportion of expenses incurred with certain e:
iments that I am carrying on in ray Laboratory in connection with- the
various phonograph interests. As you will see, this is for the year
ending February 29th, 1904, and the delay has been due to the fact
that it has not been possible to compute all of these bills and dis¬
tribute them properly until very recently. 'Jill you kindly, at your
convenience, send me a draft on New York for the amount.
I
Yours very truly,
490
56 lit. Vernon Ave.,
Orange, IT.J-.
Dear Sir:
I *eg to enclose you herewith check for $4.40, the same being
in payment for costa and commission in attachment, John Vines vs.
^itemizhd Edi3°n Jr* issued June 22 > 1904. Will you kindly send me
an/recelpted hill so I can send it to Thomas A. Edison Jr., and
greatly oblige, Youths truly>
l/
July 20, 1904.
W. C. Battey, Esq.,
Eort .Kyei*s, Ela.
hear Sir:
I beg to enclose you herewith check for $100 for expenses
in connection with my place. Kindly acknowledge receipt of same, and
oblige,
Yours truly,
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Thomas J
Connell, Esq.
Menlo Park, IT. j.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 13th inst . , I "beg to state that
I do not care to sell the building mentioneain your letter.
Yours truly.
Henry "W. Danier, , Seo.,
Doubleday Page & Co. ;
34 Union Sq., H. Y.
July 20, 1904.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yourB of the 19th inst., 1 beg to state that
*hen my working days are over and X reach the reminiscent period I
might Ire able to write something, but not now.
499
&
■81* L. Dyer, Esq,,
Saohems Head Hotel,
Sachems Head, Conn. ^
Dear Hr. Dyer:
Hr. Hatch chUch tor. tothMw «,u. j ™ t0
last ° H E;r Td hlm *“* he ilad been WorkinS at from June 5th
last. He informed him as roiimi
Prom June 5th to June 16th on Cement
Prom June 16th, to July 16th he was doing nothing
Prom July 18th he claims he started to work on the Phono¬
graph aa per your instructions . He also informed Johnnie that he
me to "be paia. whether he worked or not arid that there was due him
from June 18th to July 23rd five weeks salary up to Saturday night,
including the time he was idle and was still in Mr. Edison's employ,
aa no one had notified him to the contrary.
I took this matter up with Mr. Edison and asked him if he
tHMf tro be paid while not doing anything and he informed me that this
was not ills understanding and to wait until your return. Knowing
that Mr »■ Eatch will he here before you get back to the Laboratory
I thought it adviseable to write you regarding the above -circumstances.
Axt early reply as to whether he Aould be piid, and if he is
3*434 3* MT. Edison's employ will greatly oblige,
Tours truly.
Letterbook, LB-071
This letterbook covers the period July 1904-May 1905. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and John F. Randolph. There are also letters by
Mina Miller Edison and others. Many of the items relate to the business of the
Edison Portland Cement Co. Included are references to the finances of the
company and to production difficulties at the factory in Stewartsville, New
Jersey. There is also correspondence concerning the technical and commercial
development of Edison’s alkaline storage battery and its use in electric
vehicles, and Edison's efforts to persuade John Jacob Astor to invest in the
Edison Storage Battery Co. Also included are letters to Sigmund Bergmann
and John H. Harjes regarding the organization of battery manufacturing
companies in Great Britain, France, and Germany, as well as letters discussing
technical difficulties that led to the shutdown of the battery factory at Glen
Ridge, New Jersey, in the fall of 1905. In addition, there are letters relative to
Edison s interest in ore milling, mines, and ores; to employees and former
employees; and to supplies of chemicals and equipment for the West Orange
laboratory. One letter refers to Edison's intention to start a rubber factory
Another discusses a lawsuit by the American Graphophone Co. against the
National Phonograph Co. Among the items pertaining to family and personal
matters are letters concerning Edison's health, his election as an honorary
member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, his contributions to
the Republican party, and his properties in Fort Myers, Llewellyn Park Menlo
Park, and New York City.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "T A Edison
- Letter Book, from July 27- 1904 to May 25 - 1 905." There is an inscription on
the spine with similar information. The spine is also stamped "5." The book
contains 497 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 30 percent of the
book has been selected.
1
J«fly 27, 1904.
Henri Hatch, Ssq.,
5 Sheridan Square,
On ny return from Oceim Grove on Monday, my assistant, Hr.
Boefaxae advised me that you had called at the laboratory and informed
him thd* from June 18, 1904 to July 16, 1904 you had done ne *>rk,
hut that you were to he paid whether you worked or not.
1 r°» Jir. Sdison regarding this matter and he did pot
appear to understand it that way, hut in stunted me to pay ydu Tor
-the time mentioned j—fctfor which I enclose you herewith a bhiok for 4 >
aoa to advise you that from Saturday July SO, 1904 he would pay
you at the rate-oX Tbrhfc and one half (-$5.60) Dollars per £«y ?or
mny watk Which you do, hut will not allow you anything «he* doing n»
worir Tours truly.
Secretary
2
.
i '
jxa? a?» i»o4.
P. I. 15/ar, ,
Sachems Head Hotel,
Sachems Head, Conn.
Dear Sir:
1 "beg to ancloBe yon herewith a copy of alattsr UKlcfa. I
haw> -Oils day mulled to Mr. Hatch with Mr. PdlBon1 e approval. Will
you kindly let me know if Mr. Hatch is doing any work for you at 4h*
present time, as he claims he started to work on tile Phonograph July
18th, 4ks pdh your fttetruotions . Yours truly.
Mr. W. S. Hilling, Treas.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear sir:
Yesterday you stated there was iA t$& bond*. Jut
Z Correct In my assumption that fh eatimating ^r€bW* amount you
allowed for the bonds which will be delivered to' -myself and the B« 3.
& Pennsylvania Concentrating TWcs. as -soanmts we 'p*& ’the notes Upon
'*hidh we have agreed to take the bonds*
Please send me a list showing hsw:wuBay^w>itfl,rfI are held by
Oach of the Directors .
Yours trulyj
4
W. S. Mallory, Esq.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartsville, H. T.
pear Sir:
/
July 27, 1904.
I ties to advise you that you did not leave for me a memo,
stating when the money is to he sent to the Edison Portland
dement Co. during the, month of August. Kindly let me have this at
the earliest possible moment so I can notify Mr. Gilmore, and oblige
Yours truly,
Telephone 407 Orange.
Bernhard H. Bag?, Esq'.,
491 Greewich St.,
Beer York.
July 27, 3,904.
Bear Sir;
Beplying to yours of the 21st Inst . , I beg -to state that
I would, be willing to rent my place at Menlo Park. If you -wish to
interview me regarding this matter yiry, can call here at the labor¬
atory \at your oonvenlence. Before coming out I would advise you to
caj.1 on the phone so as to be sure that I m here .
Yours truly,
f:
July 28, 1904,
W. S. Pilling, Esq, ,
Treas. Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Phidclelphia , Pa.
De^r Mr. Pilling:
Replying to yours of the 27th inst., I "beg to state that
I am sure the proper thing is to olose down, running a part of the
plant is wasting money, as there would he a certain general expense
necessary that could not he avoided and this would run cost up. If
you will take time to go into figures you will agree with me. I am
not worried about prestige or reputations. Am going to mill for
two or three days next week, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. Come up
Yours truly,
Cl «i —
and talk it over.
* July 28, 1904.
James H. White, Esq.,
National Phonograph Co.,
London, E. C., England.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 20th inst., I teg to state lh*t
we are supplied with Nickel ty the Trust, who have greatly reduoed
prices and wll^^do tetter If we sign a fire year contract. If Blow
can do .tetter, would like to see him.
Yours truly.
1
July 29, 1904.
james 3£ite, Esq. ,
’kt clonal JKhonograps Co . ,
Londbnr} E. 0., Eng.
T>ear Sir:*'
Replying to yourB of the 21 et in&t., I beg to state that.
Potassium at §£.00 per pound Is out of ?fce question, but I read
that somewhere in Germany the Electro Cbecioal people had started
to male Potassium and the price was around 50 cents per pound and ii
this I want to find out about.. All these concerns use -water power
and are of German capital.
Yours truly,
Judy 29, 19o«*
William D„ Sloane, Esq«,
Xhn Court,
Vs are getting *ilong all right, we are manufacturing
and-eelitag all we can make, our business now 1» at rate of ttawe
3amflrad ifcousand -dollars per year, hut have not reached profit point,
^ Tirc *e63c® the last of our new machinery for Increasing output to
$600,0®o.00 per year will he irt operation, when we shall earn handacmaOy.
Vs -cm sell all we can make. There la no good electric made
yet. 25a StudSbaker would he host for you, one like Twombly's. He
gets about 50 miles ana has a man who takes excellent care of it.
tTyou want one I could get 14 at a out rate, hut am not sure they
lave any in stock, The Baker Is a very light runabout, weighs about
450 to 900 lhs . and will go as far as Studehaker hut its generally
wed by ladles and young girls, and its considerably cheaper. l*y
Bui^itea- lias 'used one constantly for 2,l/2 years and its 0. £, yet
ani, gives -very little trouble. There are several good firms going
idt» Use^lectrto field, -next year and no doubt there wiH "he several
goot| ones is the market, some will have Tonneau body for four. J
\ Vs got order today fro* srallmje., Manager of the Bank of it
England for 60 pell a for a Tonneau body electric t? go'^S miles? ML
Your# truly* ' ' *’’*
AugUBt 4, 1904.
North American Transportation & Trading Co.,
The Rookery,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 28th ult. to hand and in reply would say
that I have developed and perfected a process which my experience
in the handling and treatment of frozen earths, convinces me will
successfully and cheaply concentrate the Klondike alluvials. But
to prove this requires a trial on the ground and under the oonditiona
to he faced in actual practice.
I can furnish you with a separator and siaing screens for
a preliminary test of this process, also my engineer, Who has had
wide experience in the use of the process, to make the trials and
gather the data necessary for a larger plant.
The expense would he that of transporting the separator
outfit to the property and its erection and operation for a Buffi**
oient time to prove its value, and the salary of the Engineer and
expenses. The outfit weighs about 3,l/& toils with tto piece oVer
200 lbs. A smal ] gas or other engine would he required to run the
separator. You probably have a building in Which it might be erec¬
ted for the trial runs . If you have deposits not far frop your lines
of transportation these experiments can parried omt without
great expense and .you may then have the hap of thp propose upon a
Aug. 13, 1904.
John Royle & Sons,
Straight & Ebbox Sts.,
Paterson, IT. J.
hear Sirs:
Replying to yours of the 9th inst., X "beg to Btate that
I am thinking of starting a rubber factory but have not yet deoided
definitely. In case I do I will again take thiB matter up with you
later. Yours truly,
f. ■: i ! jm.
1
Aug. ~13, 1904.
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.,
Ahsonia, Conn,
hear Sire:
Replying to yours of the 10th inst., I beg to state that
we are still considering the project and may decide soon.
Yours truly,
I
m
September 8, 1904.
John Jacob Astor, Bsq.,
New York.
My Bear Sir:-
Thlfl will introduce our Mr-. Mallory who cornea to see you i
regard to the battery stock belonging t.o Messrs. Pilling & Crane. As I
stated in a letter which .you do not. aee.m to have received, Messrs.
Pilling & crane were original subscribers to the Company and are in
need of ready cash, and they have asked me to see if I cannot dispose
of a portion of their holdings at the original cost.
As these parties are the ohly ones outside of H. McKay Twombly
and myself who have stock, it will be the only chance presented for you to
come in with us; my desire to have you interested with me and to help my
friends 1b my only reason of placing the matter before you.
Yours; very truly, "
T.A.B.
fill .
John H. Stratton, Esq,.
172 Pleasant St.,
Sep. 10, 1904*.
Holyoke, Hass.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 4th inst., I heg to state that
my time and atten-tidn is entirely taken up with my own inventions,
I have no chance to look into or take up anything outside.
Yours truly,
gept. 12, 1904.
Edisdn Portland Cement Co.,
Girard Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
I heg to advise you that the *70, 000.00 worth of bonds of
your Company, the collateral for my note came safely to hand this
afternoon- Thanking you for same, I remain,
Sept. 17, 1904.
Mr. H. A. Blake, Agent,
Atlantic Coast Line,
Ft . Myers, Fla.
Lear Sir:
I -beg to advise you that up to the present time I have not
heard anything in regard to my claim on Launch and lost canvas.
Kindly let me hear from you relative to the above, and
oblige,
Yours truly,
Sept. 21, 1904.
E. J . A. King, Esq. , .
c/o T. Geddes Grant, 19 Henry St.,
Port of Spain, Trinidad, B. W. I.
Dear Sir:
Replying^to yours with request that I send you your Horoscope
heg to state that /were misinformed, as the statement published that
I was able and would tell any ones Horoscope for the asking is- only
a newspaper story and has no foundation. I return you herewith the
money enclosed in your letter.
Yours truly,
P. S. If you have any old or recent cancelled postage Btamps of your
oodntry I would deem it a favor if you would send me any that you
have on hand, aB my son is making a collection and would appreciate
any that you may send him.
T. A. E.
Sept. 26, 1904.
Amerioan Institute of Electrical Engineers,
Building Fund Committee,
43 Exchange Place, New York.
Dear Sira:
I enclose you herewith my check for $1,000.00, "being on
account of my subscription to the Building Fund of the Institute.
Kindly acknowledge receipt of same, and greatly oblige.
Messrs. Turner, Rolston & Horan,
22 William St.,
Sept. 26, 1904.
I beg to enclose you herewith check for $312.50, the same
ng interest due by Mrs. Mina X. Edison ..on bond and mortgage for
2,500.00. Will you kindly snnd me receipt in the enclosed envelope
ahd greatly oblige,
Yours truly j
Cashier,
Sept. 26,1904.
OBcar Barnett Pdy. Co.,
Hamilton, Ho Whorter 5s Bruen Sts.,
Newark, N. J.
Bear Sirs:
I beg to return you herewith your hill dated November 21,
1903 for 63 cents, also your bill dated Becember 7, 1903 for $1.20.
I am informed by our order clerk that these bills' belong to 2*. C.
Bevonald and as the goods were never ordered by the Edison Laboratory ,
the bills were returned to you in/fearly part of the year.
Yours truly,
Sept. 26, 1904.
William H. Lessing, Esq.,
V/aca, Texas .
X,ear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 20th inst., I beg to state that
some time ago I worked on an instrument for the relief of deaf persons
but my time has been ao fully occupied with my other and more impor¬
tant inventions that I never had a chance to perfect it.
Yours truly.
Ewald Stulpner, Esq.,
Eort Byers, Ela.
Sept. 27, 1904.
Dear Sir:
I "beg to enclose you herewith a Warranty Deed for Borne
property 1 purchased in Eort layers,. Ela. 7/ill you kindly have same
recorded and return to me at the earliest possible moment, and oblige,
Yours truly,
Sept. 27, 1904i
Clarence I. Peck, Esq.,
817 Monadnock Block,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir:
I beg to enclose you herwith my check for $150.00, the same
being in payment for property at Port Byers, Ela. as ...per deed dated
July 29th, 1904. Kindly acknowledge receipt of same, and greatly oblige.
Yours truly,
83
Sept. 28,1904.
W. C. Battey, Esq.,
Pt. Myers, Fla.
Pear Sir:
Yours of the 17th inst. at hand. As per request of Mr.
Edison I enclose you herewith check for $100.00 for defraying the
expenses of clearing the land. Kindly acknowledge receipt, and
Sept. 28, 1904.
Mr. M. Schaedle, Esq.,
242 Winterburr. Ave.
Pittsburg, Fa.
pear Sir :
Replying to yours ot tie ana lout., I tog to state Bat
at «u present time I am not la a position to Rise out any Information
on tte suW eat -ntlone*. O-nilns 1 r8"*1,‘-
Youtb trvfty,
85
TV. E. Scarr i tt , Esq.,
27 Pine Street,
New York.
Dear Sir:
V/e have made a test between your Waverley and ours. On same
road and under some conditions ours goes 14 miles per hour, yours 9
miles per hour, both having same Voltage. Ours requires 31 amperes,
yours requires 33.6 amperes. Your machine iB 164 pounds lighter. The
only place we can Bee where there is a marked loss is in the internal
friction of the tires. You have a peculiar tire, it creeps and distorts.
On a level board your machine shows a pull on the dynamometer of from
42 to 70 lbs., ours 24 to 26 lbs. The great variation in your pull is
due to eccentricity and distortion of tire. If you want to get^any
mileage you should get new tires, preferably solid tires. The firestone
tire is the be3t.
Yours truly.
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Octoberl, 1904.
Capt 0. W. Miller,
Edison, Sussex Co.,
New Jersey.
Dear Sir:
Kindly ship me the following to the Laboratory by freight,
at the earliest possible moment.
One Pinion 16 teeth, 10.25" Pitch Dia. 6" Pace, 2" Pitch
and 2,7/L6" Bore or One Pinion 14 Teeth, 8.98" Pitch Dia. 5V Pace, 2"
Pitch, 2,15/46" Bore, also ship the three frames that are on the muck
Kettles same as the one picked out by Mr. George Pops on Monday.
Please give the above your prompt attention, and oblige,
J. ¥. K. Cattell, Esq.
Garrison-on-Hudson ,
New York.
Near Sir:
Replying to yours of the 30th ult., I beg to state that my
time is entirely taken up with my various enterprises, I have no
chance to do any writing.
Yours truly,
Valentine Robinson, Esq.,
4? Broadway,
New York.
Near Sir:
Oct, 10, 1904.
Replying to yours of the 4th inst., I beg to state that
e ■
at present none of my men are badly burnt and all I think will come
out 0. K. Thanking you very much for calling my attention to Nr. Lively
and appreciating the interest you have taken in the matter, I remain.
R. U. Johnson, Esq.,
Associate Editor, Century Hagazinc,
Union Square, H. Y.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of tb« 26 th ult., X 0tate that
I bare decided not to write anything. There ipf too ouch talking going
on in this World anyhow.
Yours truly,
Oot. 11, 1904.
Wm. A. Koll, Esq.,
215 Woo dbridge Bldg.,
100 William St., H. Y.
Dear Sir:
Beplying to yours of the vth met., I hog to state that
ewfhg te the fast that the ease against the Tltaliser Oo»paay h.s Keen
„ rtd.ly advertised in the papers, I do hot oare to spend any
money whatever for advertising. .
110
Oct. 19, 1904,
R. W. Murray, Esq.,
c/o J. P. Ennlskeen, ITewcastle,
Co. Down, Scotland.
Rear Sir :
As per request of Mr. Thomas Edens Osborne I send you this
letter in regard to my storage battery in England.
The newspaper accounts are entirely incorrect. I have a
storage battery which is permanent and it is being largely used here
in trucks, wagons and pleasure vehicles. I expect to have it on
the market in England probably next Summer.
Yours truly,
Oot. 18, 1904.
Miss C. E. V. Collins,
c/o C. Monteith Gilpin, Esq.,
68 William St., Mew York.
Rear Miss Collins:
Replying to yours of the 14th Inst, addressed to the
Hew York Edison Co., I beg to state that the report circulated about
the "Edison Star" is only a. newspaper story and has no foundation
whatever.
Yours truly,
Ill
Eugene H. Lewis, Esq.,
c/o Eaton & Lewis ,
44 Broad St., IT. Y.
Dear Sir:
Oct. 19, 190%
Will you kindly let me know if there is any market for
and the price,
the Marconi stock/and greatly oblige,
Yours truly.
'A"
Michael L. Casey, Esq.,
137 Plymouth Ave . ,
Rochester, E. Y.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 9th inst., I "beg to state that
the Physician who treated, Mr. Clarence Dally, my assistant was Dr.
B. craves, 426 Main St.E.Orai^e, E. J.
Yours truly.
Oct. 25, 1904.
Alexander S. Orr, Esq., Pres.,
520 Broadway,
Hew York.
Dear Sir:
I Beg to advise you that owing to a previous engagement
it will Be impossible for me to attend the Opening Ceremonies of
the Sapid Transit Railroad to be held in the City Hall Oct. 27, 1904.
Thanking you very much for your kind invitation and
regretting that it will be impossible for me to be present, 1 remain,
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Oct. 25, 1904
Ered'k. W. Jones, Esa- ,
49 West 07th Street,
New York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 20th inst., I heg to state that
ay experience with W. K. 1. Dickson was not satisfactory.
Yours truly,
K> (X .
- Oct. 25, 1904.
&culs J. Maghee, Esq.,
25 Broad St.,
New York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 15th inst., heg to state that
it is impossible for me to put you in communication with the manu¬
facturers of insulation paper. If you will write to the General
cap
Electric Co. of Schenectady, N. Y. , I am almost sure they/post you.
Yours truly,
0 Ci . ffiuu,
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Louis J. Magee, Egq. ,
25 Broad St.,
New York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 18th inst., I beg to state that
if you refer to a Mr. Siverson, Supt. of the Combination Hard Rubber
Co. of Bloomfield, wish to 3ay that my experience with him as a man¬
ufacturer has not been satisfactory.
Yours truly,
^7 60 Q.&Ut.™
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Oct. 26,1904.
Walter Stevens, Esq.,
National Phonograph Co.,
New York.
Dear Sir:
As per request of Mr. Win. Pelzer I enclose you herewith
the By) laws of the National Phonograph Co. duly executed.
Yours truly,
its -ibsct
Oct. 27, 1904,
Sh'eri t i. Colby, ISsut.,
West Orange,
Dear Sir:
J.
X am in receipt of your favor of the 22nd, asking me for a
to the State Republican league, and in reply I beg to
j' concerns have already subscribed a very considerable
e Republican National Committee and I regret, therefor
t in a position to make any further contributions. I
bat ‘che cause which you represent is a good one in eve
nenrely trust that you will be able to secure the ne¬
ss from othsr sources, but regret that I am not in a
make any further contributions v/hatsoever.
Yours very truly, - ^
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Aa per letter mailed to B. Jenkins January
26, 1904.
Oct.
fi. A. Franks, J38q.,
Bonaire,
Llewellyn Park, N. J.
Dear Sir:
I Leg to enclose you herewith my check for $1,00
Being full payment of my subscription to the Llewellyn Par
ment Co. Kindly acknowledge receipt of same, and oblige,
Yours truly,
J
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27, 1904.
).00,
: Improve-
Herman Harjes, Esq.,
o/o J. P. Morgan & Co.,
23 Wall St., New York.
Dear Sir:
Nov. 5, 1904.
As per request of Mr. Waddlngton, I enclose you herewith
copies of contracts made with Mr. Dick.
Yours truly.
Charles Waddington, Esq.,
c/o J. P. Morgan & Co.,
23 Wall St., New York.
Dear Sirs:
Nov. 5, 1904.
»
As per your request I enclose you herewith copies of cc
tracts made with Mr. Dick, I have also forwarded copies of the
enclosed to Mr. Herman Harjes.
Yours trulyj
November 5, 1904.
Pi' lend. Weir:
Yours of Nov. 3rd received. X am certain that you would
do well if you have an assembling shop to build the Landsden wagon
yourself. I do not think there is any patents on it, the general
idea of the design and many of the details X gave him myself. Think
you 3hould add $100 to your Engineers estimate because nobody can
remember everything. You might order a few from Landsden until
you were ready to make your own providing he will come down in
the price. I am almost certain that your costs will not exceed 40
cants per pound, excluding battery which is about 80 cents and will
not be any cheaper until I can turn out more and reduce my general
expense and solve that d— -d leaky can problem. You shall have
the batteries at same price as is given to manufactured and with
equal promptness of delivery. At present I do not want to sell any
more batteries than I am compelled to until I solve the leaking can
problem. Hy advice is that if you build yourself do not change
anything on present Landsden Wagon wUhout your engineer submits
proposed change to me so I can criticise it and give benefits of
our experience. Yours truly>
To L. C. Weir, Esq., X’res.,
Adams Express Co.,
New York.
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Nov. 7, 1904.
Alexander Churchward, Esq.,
c/o General Electric Co.,
V/'est Lyyn, Mass,
iv ar Mr. Churchward:
Replying to yours of the 4th inst., I beg to state that
T do not speak f or Landsden. I' do not know what he ordered "but
what I want is the 85 volt motor changed to about 70 volts, every¬
thing else being the same this difference of 10 to 15 volts will
give me the right speed. Changing to 65 volts seems to be low but
if in your judgement that is the best, send armature along and we
soon
will /le c ide it .
Yours truly,
X
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November 8, 1904.
G. Bergmann, Esq.,
23 Oudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
My dear Bergmann:
Am glad to hear you have put the Company affairs through.
Have seen Lansden and
told him to hurry the delivery wagon along and ship at the earliest
possible moment. The best large truck that I have seen was built
for the Hew York Edison Co. by the Electric Vehicle Co. of Hart¬
ford, it carries several tons, has hoisting apparatus with separate
motor and is all right, except that perhaps it would be improved by
using a chain instead of pinion from motor to Jack. It drives the
wheel with chain, 2 motors, its expensive costs four to five thousand,
I will correspond with them and get you photographs and data as to
cost and delivery.
Eegardii* battery: I have laid off the manufacturing .
force „t den Hide, for a *11., «» the welded .... * ™d°»» °»‘-
,id. developed entirely tec nany leal., pretty nearly .eery can
.honed exceedingly fine hair lihe holes which were so .nail that no
liquid Shewed, hut what cane through erne so slowly that the potash
evaporated a. feet a. Uonld le<«d and left the side .... with
little white patches. Son. seen, would show « to d whit, spots,
we are no. experimenting to get best way to solder
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the welded seem, »• per-cent is welded 60»d and strong, as
that by soldering in addition that they .ill hold for years, henoo
I dont .,ant to ship any to yon until I get the oan all right. A
drawn up oan .onld hare .yen more leaks and .ould hay. to bo tinned
el! oyer so that it 1. out of th. question. We hare yery little
trouble with the bottom end top weld., except at the point .her.
the side .eld ends. We are ale. taking adyantage of th. shut
down to find out Why our percent of los. is so great in ..king
pockets, also to get our other tod. in good condition and to as¬
certain Why some cell. she. a loss of oap.clty in 5 months, while
other show no loss.
expect to haye our subpress die. in t.o weeks, and if.
all right after thorough test .ill send you corrected drawings.
Rogers i. getting more drawings ready for you. Your •» *■ «<■*"«
into matters pretty thoroughly and know, all about a lot of rotten
propositions we still haye . Our oan tools are no good. They/out
bend them to sis. and it smkes it difficult to weld. Your man
has the right idea and ~ are making some tool, that way. He sug
geste a blanking die to cut the can sheet out. If you can get
matter how low in carbon it is.
yohn is getting along r»t on our perforating and .elding
machines, will let you know when more drawings are ready.
Yours very truly,
Ziu~-
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Nov. 19, 1904.
Kr. vr„ s. pining, Trea3.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:
I have noted that in yours of the 17th to Mr. Mallory you
state the Directors as well as yourself are very much dissatisfied
to learn that the new work is in the hands of the draughtsmen.
I would suggest that in starting on the usual course of
fault finding you should try and he as consistent as possible.
In accordance with the request to have as much of the work
•lone outside hy contract as possible, we are preparing plans to send
out on which to get bids, this is the only way we know to do it. If
you will ‘sugge st some practical plan by which it can be done, we wij.1
be glad to follow it.
Based on the experience of the last run, I am making Buch
changes as will in my judgement enable us to run more steadily and
produce more cement with our present machinery, and while many of these
changes are small they all need plans; — what worries me more than
the possible delay in starting up on April 1st next is the thirty
six bonds which remain unsold and from which we must obtain a part
of the money to make the additions; — when these have been sold,
fault finding with our progress here will come with much better
grace. Yours very truly;” >
v\
onard Elliott, Esq.,
Yours received, replying to same wish, to say that up to
the present time I have been so very busy I had'nt chance to look
over your brothers papers, I expect to get at them some time this
week and will then see that the papers as well as the furniture,
etc. are shipped as per your request.
i you herewith a letter received from Dr. Emersoi
Dr. Linn Emerson, Esq.,
Keiropolitan 31dg.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
I beg to advise you that your letter relative to bill of
Alexander Elliott has been forwarded to his brother and no doubt
you will hear from hip in the near future .
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Nov. 22, 1904.
Ur. H. ?. Woidig,
c/o Oihb . Cooper & Co.,
Clifford & Van Bureo Sts., Newark, N.J.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 2nd inst., I beg to state that
rcy health is fine except I am occasionally troubled from the effects
of wording years ago with the X Ray.
Yours truly,
Nov. 22, 1904
American Institute of Electrical Engineers,
95 liberty St.,
New York.
Bear Sirs: , . ,
I fc.il to acknowledge receipt of the eleven fcooke »hiok
yon shipped to «e »ov. lit*. r°r 1
remain, Yours truly,
Not. 22, 1904.
o
Sv/ald Stulpner , Esq.,
Lee County,
I*’ort Myers, Via.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 8th Inst., would say that you
oan go ahead and dig the new well and put up the new tank as you
suggest hut 'will decide later about the painting of the cottage.
Regarding the Grape Eruit, you can ship me a box expret
prepaid every two weeks.
Yours truly,
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Mr. E. R. Hutton, Secretary,
12 W. 31st St., Hew York.
Dear Sir:
It is with great pleasure that I acknowledge receipt of
your favor of the 16th, advising me that I have been elected to
Honorary Memt* rship in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
I fully appreciate the honor, and would ask that you convey to the
officers, as well as to the council of the Society ny acceptance of
same.
Yours very truly, -
Nov. 29, 1904.
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Mrs. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Madam:
I "beg to enclose you herewith a note
your order hy Mr. Ira.M. Miller, the same J
of January this coming year, 1905.
Yours truly,
for $2500 drawn to
due on the 2nd day
Nor. 29, 1904.
;auqua Institution,
Chautauqua, N. Y.
Sirs:
I beg to enclose you herewith copy of a bill for $8.80,
was paid for by my check for like amount, also copies of
billB amounting to $22.30, covered by my oheck which you ac-
Ldge receipt of in your letter of the 21st ult.
If you have any other bills against Mary E. Miller, kindly
;hem to me, and greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
$}ViA, ffil n Cl. fciuo-)
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Nov. 29, 1904.
/our letters .nave teen promptly answered. I wrote that
i<! o ft all hut about 50 men so as to get a chance to solve
ng can business and also to find out why batteries made
S“ ' °lur MonthB gradually lose their capacity, falling off
per cent. We are only assembling now to take care of our
and Will not start up again until the can problem is O.K.
* found out cause of trouble as to capacity;- of course
them naefc to original capacity by reversing the current
J.b hours, but this is not convenient for the public and is
we two rooms at Laboratory fitted up and have 12
~e working night and day. So far I do not know why
-y comes back 0. K. by reversing warm, until I find out the
;ant get the remedy. As for shipping you cells, I think
want them as in the "15 " type cell, the plates are too
! ther. We can ship you plates both nickel and iron and
t your rubber parts and can parts, you can assemble the
here and you will have no trouble from short circuits in
tself .
machine s
Your side welding/ are nearly finished at laboratory,
o making new Nickel Pilling Machines and die, which when
send you drawings. Will send drawings of things we know
as soon as we are sure of them.
Last night they "brought over Borne welded cans that are
great improvement and it really looks as if the process was goin
to be a success after all. Notwithstanding, I am rigging up a
plating system for capacity 20 cans daily and if 0. K. will put
in lor 200. Think it the best and cheapest way to make the can.
"Srill send you some of the first samples.
Lansdon promises an early delivery of the Delivery Wa a
testing the asphaltic stuff you sent. _ J
Yours truly,
To S. Bergmann, Esq.,
23 Oudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
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Dec. 5 , 1904 .
iBdiaon Ore Milling Syndicate, Ltd.
London, England.
Dear Sira:
I Leg to endow* you herewith a letter received from the
Gloucester Portland Cement & Lime Co. Kindly give same the attention
J you think necessary, and oblige,
;i. Yours truly,
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John P. Holland, Esq.,
38 Newton St.,
Newark, 11. J.
Replying to yours of the 3rd inst., I Leg to Btate that I-
< , a-t your convenience,
would Le pleased to have you come up to the Laboratory/apd I will fix you
up in good shape. Before coming I would adviBe that you call up on the
pfione so as to Le sure that I am here. My call ia 407 Orange.
c-f - r ,
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Dec. 6, 1904.
son Graphite Co.,
Niagara Palls,
Hew York.
Dear Sirs:
Kindly send me another sample of graphite like the last
which was about four inches square and a foot long, not compressed
hut just as it comes out of the furnace. Send same by express, I
wiBh to give it another trial.
Yours truly,
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J. C. Reiff,
20 Broad St . ,
Hew York.
Dear Pir:
The photographs which I ordered some sopfe ago having
received, I enclose or.e as per your request of the 19th ult.,
Yours truly,
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
23 Oudenarder Strasae,
Berlin, Germany.
Bear Sir:
I Beg to confirm the following Cable sent you yesterday:
"Bergmann, Fulgura, Berlin. Perforating shipped; welder goes few
days. Edison." Also Beg to acknowledge receipt of your cable dated
Hot. 7th, 1904 as follows: "Edison. Have you sent perforating
machines and electric welding apparatus. Bergmann, Berlin."
Yours truly.
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Replying to yours of the 7th Inst., I beg to state that
my time is entirely taken up with my various enterprises I have no
chance to take up anything new.
Yours truly,
Albert W. Smith, Esq. ,
Sibley College,
Ithaca, N. Y.
Dec. 9, }.904.
Dee;r Sir:
Replying to yours of the 3rd inst. relative to the electric
generator which I presented Sibley College in 1888, beg to state that
I have no objection whatsoever to your exchanging it for a genera¬
tor more adapted to your requirements.
Yours truly,
Hy Dear Bergmann:
As I wrote you in last letter we are in a quandary about
shipping batteries'. V/e have laid off all our force except an assem¬
bling gang because I could not afford to run the Bhop until I had
solved the welding problem, and the cause of the loss of capacity in
some of the cells. ‘ This makes it impossible to ship cells for the
present. Up to now I have not found the 'cause of the irregularity.
I have 12 young men and six workmen running ctirves on small cells
and every day we expect to strike the bug.
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The welding is improving, today they are making 50 cans
to be filled with Potash and set aside, to see if any leaks will
developer, and also to find out the percentage of good to bad cans.
Your welding machines will have the latest devices on them.
Regarding the eleotrolytic process, — our mould is done
and yesterday we cast the first matrix, today we shE&l cast more and
hope soon to send you some fine eLectrolytic cans. Can spare Rafn
any time you want, but think you do not need him yet. Your varnish
works all right. Where can I get it here, and what is name of it
It is very essential, that the i
1 be nickel plated all over
and welded in hydrogen; it will never do to depend on varnish.
When we have the oan right we will use no varniBh, that being at
■nreserti a make shift to cover up bad work. No varnish will stand
a year. We only use it because '
Yours very truly,
&%+ J**<r
i S. Bergmann, Eaq. ,
23 Oudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
Bee. 10,
1904.
Friend Veir;
'to slow or. the wagons until I notify you that I have
got things right again; it will not he long. I can start up in
few days after things are fixed. Bont fail to have Washington office
keep exact accounts so you will know to a cent the costs (itemized)
«f running wagons, repairs, depreciations, mileage, deliveries, etc.
per year, then we know where the leaks are. Much obliged for the
Cohn cigar story. My wife is peddling it out to her society friends.
Yours truly.
i
To L. C. Weir, Esq., Pres.,
Adams Express Co.
59 Broadway, M. Y.
Deo. 12, 1904.
^international Acheson Graphite Co.,
Niagara Ralls, IT. Y.
Dear Sirs:
Replying to yours of the 9th inst., I heg to state that
the sample you sent me as per letter is too dense. Some time ago
I received a sample about the same size as the one you sent me today
which was very porous and could be compressed to l/2 its bulk. It
is this kind that I want.
Yours truly,
Dec. 12, 1904.
Kr. K.J.f . Turner,
c/o Hutchison Acoustic Co.,
114 Vest 32nd St., IT . Y.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the Sth inst., I beg to state that
I still have the instruments in my possession but am not quite
through experimenting with them. If satisfactory would be pleased
to keep them a while longer.
Yours truly,
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Deo. 13, 1904.
My Dear Bergmann:
'iour rating of the battery sent me in blue print 1b entirely
wrong. I send you a sheet which gives the rating here. You will
make a serious error from a business point of view if you overrate
the battery. With the rating we give in the circular enclosed the
public is perfectly satisfied, and with the price as well, therefor
it will be foolish to rate them any higher, as you do not gain any¬
thing and stand to loose. The 15.18 cell on a 24 hour charge gives
156 to 160 amperes on average discharge voltage of 1.25, but thiB is
the maximum capacity and the public do not charge 24 hours, but
generally 4 to 6 hours, so that the actual capacity is/L20 am. hours
and the rest of the batteries in proportion. On account of the leaky
cans sr.d the failure of the public to fill the batteries, some leaving
them to go half full and also using drug store water, which is full
of Carbonic Acid, the capacity goes down sometimes to 80 ampere
hours. There will always be found in every set of batteries a few
that do net lose any capacity and that is what I am working on to
find out why they are constant and others lose. I am gradually
getting on to it.
The maximum charging voltage seldom goes above 175; you
have it 18C. Your weights are wrong.
The new nickel Tiller i» nearing completion and when
thoroughly feted will eend drawing.. It. eimpl" *°
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Regarding rubber lined tanks. — We have found that they
•eat success, as they permit using hot solutions without
-•rioration, which is not true of any other form of tank,
illty soft rubber l/8 thick and be sure your joints press
* to prevent leakage. Test them with hot water.
We havrit received the subpress for cups yet.
Yours truly,
Use
srginann, Esq.,
5 Cudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, C-ermary.
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Bee. 13, 1904
rrrmann , wsq. ,
»3 Oudenai Aer Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
bar Bergmann:
SM, for the porcelain part. rec.Weh.
Order has been
placed.
Yours truly,
Dec. 13, 1904,
Dear 31". Waddington:
In re communication of Lieut. Corre. — I am now figuring
with ;Jni ted States Government and also Mr. Holland for batteries for
Torpedo "boats. I notice Lieut. Corre is desirous of a great capaci¬
ty in small space; space occupied by our battery is about the same
as the lead battery but it has the advantage that it can be placed
la sections throughout the boat, as it will not spill liquid if
tilted at angle of 35 degrees and can be made to tilt to angle of
30 degrees without spill. I can not give data on so large a cell
without laying the cell out on the drawing board, but. the space
per 1000 watt hours would be no more than on our regular battery
and probably less. Vie are not of course in position to manufacture
or quote prices.
Holland is working on small torpedo boats costing only
.fp.0,0','0. One torpedo and 3 men. This of course will require small
cellt
Yours
To Charles Haddington, Ssq.,
85 Avenue Henri Martin,
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Francis Arthur -Tones, Esq. ,
228 West 44th St . ,
Hew York,
pear Mr. -Tones:
Replying to your, ol the 9th lnet., »i=h to eey that Hr.
pyer has not returned up to the present time hut « »*»
some time the latter part of this month.
Regarding the article, beg to state that Hr. Edison «. not
oyer anxious about it, but thought *e were oy.rl.ok.d if it —
already published. Pleased to hear you have not forgotten about my
photos.
Yours truly.
H. K. Chambers, Esq.,
142 East 18th St.,
Hew York.
Deo. 14, 1904.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 13th inst., I "beg to state that
at ikx present my time is entirely taken up with my various enter¬
prises, I have no chance to grant an interview.
Yours truly,
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Dec. 16, 1904.
John H. Harjes, Esq.,
c/o Morgan, Harjes & Co.,
31 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
Ky Dear Mr. Harjes:
I am today in receipt of your, letter December 6th, enclos¬
ing also letter from your firm of same date and other enclosures
mentioned. I shall consider the proposition most carefully and
write you quite fully after same has had deliberation.
Yours truly.
Dec. 3.6," 1904.
Montclair National Bank,
Montclair, H. J.
Ee“r “”“1 heE to enclose you here.ith ohec* for
piece seme to the credit ot Mr. I" W “4 ere*tl7 0l>:Llee'
Yours truly,
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co.,
32 John St.,
Hew York.
Bear Sirs:
Please send me by Erie R. R. freight, 6 barrels 86° Pure
Spirits Gasolene, same as shipped me on Harch 6, 1903, also kindly
send out a man to draw off the water in connection with the apparatus,
and greatly oblige, yours truly>
CL.S&mk/
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Dec. 16, 1904.
U'dison Portland Cement Co.,
Girard Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bear Sirs:
I beg to enclose you herewith my check for $6000.00.
Kindly send me ten bonds for the above, and greatly oblige,
Yours truly j
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Deo. 17, 1904.
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that Mr. Walter Archer has "been in my
employ for the past four years in my chemical department and during
which time I have always found him to he an honest, reliable and
industrious young man.
When leaving he was foreman of one of the. departments in
my chemical works and owing to a shortage of work had to dispense
with his services.
Yours truly,
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Dec. 19, 1904.
K. E. Diels, Esq.,
16 V.'. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir:
Just received proposition from Harjes in which he wants me
to give one half of my surplus to sinking fund to repay capital. If
they keep on I will not have anything.
Yours truly,
/. y v
K. i<\ Parohs.il, j
London Wall, London, E.
We have got the welding of <
i all right. Out of first
lot of thirty seven,
s leaked. Out of second lot of 100 r
leaked at end of two weeks. We are making a lot of them. The elec¬
trolytic can not out yet, having trouble to get a smooth master.
Regarding loss of capacity; last cell number 2113. Out
of all these experiments have found a great many things and think
I have surely found the trouble, but think it will take two or three
weeks more to be reasonably sure of it .
Morgan, Harjes have sent me on a new proposition, asking
further sacrifices which I am not disposed to agree to. Will send
you copy of their letter.
Yours very truly,
22Q
Sec. 28,
1904.
5. Bergmann, Esq. ,
23 Oudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
My Dear Bergmann:
The top you sent with valve on filler I do not think is
good. They break enough of the fillers without adding the separator,
not
I believe in practice there would/be 10 per cent of the glass valve3
unbroken in one year and the cell would get badly carbonated. Even
supposing it was an improvement, it increases the height of the cell
and we could not change the height in this country now. I am
strongly of the opinion that you better use the two devices separately
so everything will be standard. The gas separator is very important
and I dont want the public to be in position to fool with it.
They are testing your welders at Glen Ridge and hope to
ship in a few days. The welding now appears to be a success, 96$
not leaking after a weeks test.
I forgot to tell you that Gilmore and Peter Weber are
going to take hold of the Battery Company and run it. I can let
vou have Rogers any time after February .
The Ifickel filler is approaching completion and Weoer and
I are going to set it up at laboratory with the two presses and
work out the proper die for putting the tops and bottoms of filled
cups together to get the losses down and produce even pockets, also
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settle the assembling plate question which heretofore has not been
satisfactory .
I now have 18 men and boys in test department at Xaborato
and so far I think we are going to settle once for all the battery
question as to constancy, etc.
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. D. Roid, Esq..,
527 Equitable Bldg.,
Denver, Colo.
ear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 2.3rd inst., beg to state
ave a patent on a placer process of my own so do not care t
site rested in any other. I return you herewith your patent.
Yours truly,
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Hutchson Acoustic Co.,
114 West 32nd St . ,
Hew York.
Dear Sirs:
As per your request I return you herewith two
for the instruments received from you some time ago.
Yours truly.
that I
;o become
29, 1904
sceiptB
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Dec. 31, 1904.
J. 0. Re iff, Esq.,
20 Broad Street,
New York.
pear Sir:
Replying to yourB of the 14th inst., I teg to state that
Reeae does strange things hut I think its trickery.
Composition of sea water is published in Watts Dictionary
of Chemistry, which I think you will probably find at Cooper's Insti-
tue or Columbia library.
Yours truly,
« CONFIDENTIAL" Dec* 31i 1904.
Hr. 1. B. Schram,
48 Hamilton Ave . ,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 21st inst., I beg to state that
I have one of Hr. Hutchinson’s devices and use it occasionally. Its
all right when it keeps in adjustment but it does not always do so.
Yours truly,
233
Jan. 4, 1904.
Hessrs. Gilbert & Barker, Mfg. Co.,
82 John Street,
Hew York.
Gentlemen:
I beg to advise that I shipped you on the 3rd six empty
gasolene barrels by freight, Erie B. B. Kindly send me credit for
same, and oblige, Yours truly.
V
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Jan. 4, 1905.
Kessrs. Coudert Bros.,
71 Broadway,
Hew York.
Bear Sirs:
! w to aoknonledse ™oetpt of your favor of tie 3rd
ta.t. copy of contract t.tneen Mr. H. E. DioE and Mr.
IoM H. Hard.., .Mich .m Mare «y attention. Ac per your repost
I enclose you herewith duplicate copy of contract.
Yours truly.
Jan. 10, 1905.
Ths Hew York Engineering Agency,
35 V/arren Street,
New York,
Dear Sira;
Replying to yours of the 17th ult., beg to say that Mr.
Milton T. V/eaton is a pretty fair Mechanical Draughtsman.
Yours truly,
01 co Q
Jan. 10, 1905.
John H. Bowen, Esq.,
Vineland, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 31st ult. I beg to state that the
article published in the papers about my suffering with a cancer has
foundation. Allow me to thank you-for the interest you have taken
in the matter.
Yours truly,
ffw 6L Scko-m
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Jan. 11,
1905.
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
Berlin, Germany. x
Ky Bear Bergmann:
Be sure and do not manufacture any parts of the cells hut
only make tools. We are finding out a great many things and, there will
he some slight changes, none of which affect any tools you are making,
and I think nothing you get from us will require any change. We
have shipped side welders and the top and bottom welder is now
finished and is being tested, its a fine machine. It was built by
the foreman down stairs. I gave it to him to build because John
Ott said he did'nt know how to build anything good, so he laid himself
out on it and the result is a finer machine than John ever built.
There seems to be great rivalry which seems to be a good thing all
around. I am now satisfied that our welding business is all right,
but notwithstanding this, I continue experiments on the electroplated
°an' Have tested the Laquer you sent, as well as the stuff you
use on the conduits, neither are attacked much by potash but the
Laquer in time permits the potash to run under and the conduit stuff
gets dry and loses its flexibility, it cracks when bent. The laquer
is the best to paint welded seems to stop rusting. There will be no
leak with welded cans and all the lacquer would be useful or might
be to prevent rust of seams, as they are of course not nickel plated.
I hope to write you shortly that we have found the reasor
cr loss of capacity in some cells. We think we have found it hut
l0t bs sure until more time has elapsed. Morgan has accepted offe:
tnA will put English Company through.
Yours very truly,
Jan. 10, 1905
Messrs. Coudert Bros. ,
71 Broadway,
ITew York.
Bear Sirs:
Replying to yours of the 5th, heg to state that so far ]
have received no money or securities.
Yours truly,'
Ira B. Sturges, Esq.,
2448 Center St.,
Baker City, Ore.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 31st ult., I "beg to Btate that not
Being connected with any Electrical Works at present and no one But
experts Being successful in the BaB oratory which I have, it is
impossible for me to offer your son a position. I would advise that
you try and place him in the Students Course of the General Electric
Co. of Schenectady, N. Y. , as there is a great chance for advancement
if the young man is of the right kind.
I can just remember the old school house. All my people
are dead and I shall probably never visit Milan again.
JL
Jan. 12, 1905.
L. C. Weir, Esq. , Pres.,
Adams Express Co.,
New York.
Friend Weir:
I think I have found the hug hut cant say until the several
hundred test cells have been tested longer, and I can not go to Florida
this winter on that account hut am hound to punish some touring machine
next simmer to make up. Glad you can go. Automohiling is going to
add ten years to your life . I am hopeful that I can give you bat¬
teries by April 1st, all depending on tests. If at any time I am con¬
vinced from tests that things are 0. II. I will write and let you
know quickly. Yours truly,
24$
Jan. 13, 1905.
Mr. D. c. Harvey, Supt. of Inspections,
Fidelity & Casualty Co.,
103 Cedar St., New York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 12th inst., I heg to state that
our #1 B. & V. holler has been out out since Dec. 27/04 and will he
ready for internal inspection next Wednesday.
Yours truly,
Thomas A. Edison
Jan. 13, 1905.
W. E. Scarritt, Esq.,
27 Fine Street,
New York.
Bear Mr. Scarritt:
Allow me to tMai you for your kind Invitation to the
Annual Banquet of the Automobile Club of America, which I certa y
will 00 pleased to accept if . I oan po.slOly arra»Be to S.t aw dr
time oeing so entirely occupied with «r various enperiwents my
movements very uncertain «t present ttaie.
Yours very truly . *
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Jan. 16, 1905.
Messrs. Morgan, Harje3 & Co.,
31 Boulevard Hauasmann,
Paris, Prance.
Gentlemen:
Your favor of the 6th ult. in rep^y to mine of November
2nd last, was duly received and has had- careful consideration.
A number of chang.es contained in your counter-proposi¬
tion are made necessary, as I understand it, in order" to comply
with the special conditions of the Prench law; as for" example, the
payment in cash of 25 per cent of the capital at the time of sub¬
scription, subscription at par, and the setting aside of atleast
5 per cent of the profits as a reserve fund until the latter amounts
to one-tenth of the capital. I see no objections to these provisions.
I can not, however, consent to your proposal that my patents should
be assigned to the Prench company, nor do X see the necessity for
doing this. My proposition was that the company, when formed, should
take a sole, exclusive and non-assignable license under the patents,
so that if the company succeeded the effect would be the same as
if the company actually owned the patents. If, however, the company
did not succeed, the license would naturally terminate by failure
to pay the necessary royalties and the patents would revert to me.
If, on the contrary, the patents were assigned to the company as
you suggest, then in the event of failure, the patents would go
into the assets and I would not only lose them, but they might be
#£ M. H. ft Co.
acquired by hostile interests who could seriously embarrass me in
my relations with other European countries.
I also can not consent to your proposition that I should
become a stock-holder of the French company, even though the stock
proportioned to me would he entitled to receive 50 per cent of the
surplus profits, except of course, to the nominal extent as would
entitle me or my representative to become a director. My suggestion
is simpler and more satisfactory to me, namely; that my relations
with the company should be defined by contract, the terms of which
could, if necessary, be incorporated in the by-laws.
In your letter you also refer to three sources of outlay,
namely; writing off for depreciation, directors percentage on net
profits, and incidental expenses, all of which should be definitely
settled at the time any contract is made between us, in order that
there may be no future misunderstanding as to the identity of the
profits in which I am to participate.
•that part of your counter-proposition a. relates to th.
redemption of the capital out of th. aurplu. profit., I oau not A
consent to, nor do 1 acre. with you in your reasons for proposes >
this change . The patents already granted hay. still fr«
to fourtsen year. to run, and it may he reasonably ejected, oop-
sidering th. i»pro,e«nt. which .net inevitably that the
company would be lioene.d under controlling and valuable patent,
probably twenty-five years. Should the company prospe ,
believe that the eviration of the patents would affect it xn any y,
by that time the company would have built up a large buslnees,
acquired an epten.lv. pl»t »*“• ^
reserve fund, written off the ac«a depreciation and probably returned
#3 M. H. & Co.
all the capital Ions Wfore i» the form of surplus profits. My
experience Mae Peon ««. companies based •« ***•”“ generally —
more money after tip P*.nt. have *>“» ^
phonograih patent, have Isrgely expired, yet. the hnein.ee i. in¬
finitely more ext.n.ire end profitable tun ever. This i. true
alee of the oe.eral KLectrio Company, the B.mington Typewriter cmpa
the hod,* coepany and many other.. In fact, any company mannf.otnr-
i„e a good article of general utility, if well managed, .» *"d doe.
in moat oa.e. that I hare had anything to do with, make more than
e per cent on the actual money put in. I do not, of course,
to inflated .took, but to actual o.ah inve.t.d, Undoubtedly th.r.
.re some c.„. where the bu.ine.. 1. of a h.ra.rd.u. nature, or
where the demand i. eemll or exit, for a short time a. «th th.
Eif .1 Tower C, and in .uch case, it is proper that proyi.i.n.
should b. rnnd. for a pitch redemption of the capita but .uch i
not the case with storage batter!.., which are a standard oo.erci.
article. I can not expect c.pitali.t. to inye.t money in thi. ^
enterprise if they think the expiration of the patent, wind. UP the
business . ^ y0nr proposition, out of the surplus profits
.until the entire invested capital is redeemed, I ,
per cent, while the stock-holders receive « per cent, the latter
, m nT. as a reimbursement of
being looked upon a. an extra dividend - ^ ^ ^ _
money invested^ both of 5r0,i4es for ry receiving
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should come to me, as o'iginally proposed. The balance can be dis¬
tributed as the shareholders see fit, either for the redemption
of their capital, eras additional dividends. Long experience has
taught me that to rome out with any profit, division should be sub¬
stantially half aid half between myself and the capital, for the
reason that I an always tied up for a number of years, and have an
expensive laboratory, costing from sixty thousand dollars to eighty
five thousand dollars per year to run. The expenses of improvements
and experiments during these years fall entirely on myself, capital
being always unwilling to spend money on experiments, so that I
should have a liberal share. Furthermore, a reasonable regard for
consistency requires that the contracts made by me for the ^posi¬
tion of my European rights should be at least fairly uniform, and
particularly in a large, rich and prosperous country like France I
should expect to be able to make substantially as good an arrangement
as in Germany or England. As you know, the German company has been
put through on a basis of two-thirds of the surplus profits to myself
and associates, and one-third to the invested capital, and the option
for England has just been accepted by Messrs. J. S. Morgan & Company
on a basis of 60 -per cent to myself and associates and 40 per cent
to the invested capital. -My proposition to you therefore as to
is more favorable to you than/either Germany or England. In fact,
• i believe that I could handle France myself by starting a small
factory in that country, purchasing the unpatented parts from Germany,
•manufacturing the patented,.*, necessary for. hdlf of the output
and importing the other half complete, which I am advised, would e
a sufficient compliance with the law.
you misunderatood m r.*»t «» 11
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, „ not commence manufacturing operation. until
formed in France, sho^a n formation
. „ 8, mat I meant is that the company formation
I have said vo do s'* t wa8
,ed that no money should he paid in until
oho^d he so arranged ejld tliat it was safe to
satisfied that tae battery v
Eo ale ad; otherwise a lot of expensive changes might have
» and enough to advise ~ ««>"• *" J0Ur
it uould to possible ion you to the ^
division of profits oniginslly ■«»••«* »y
+ n „ satisfactory understanding as uo tne
SO doubt that no can oome to a ““"“J o^sstion. »hioh
details of the contract to he drawn, based
I have made herein.
Yours very truly,
Jan. 16, 1905.
Ky near Mr. HarjeB:
I probably have the best search on the storage battery
art that has ever been made, not only through the whole technical
literature, but in the Patent Offices of the principal countries.
jo. instance, in .Prance there was a period of years when the Govern¬
ment did not publish its patents, yet notwithstanding this I had the
written records searched. The German Patent Office unlike that of
Prance makes a rigid search and its Examiners do not grant a patent
if they can possibly cite a reference. I have fought the German
Office for nearly three years. They cited patents and publications
from Prance, England, United States and many other places, but I
finally prevailed and got my patents, even after publication in the
official paper, giving three months notice allowing any one to come
before the Office and oppose the granting. I was opposed strongly
by the Accumulator Companies, yet I got the patents. The French
patent of Darrieus is well known to the American and German Patent
Offices and has been cited against me without success. The Accumula¬
tor people know that when it comes to a fight, they can not break my
patents, so their whole effort is put forward to incite distrust and
prevent the raising of money, but in this they are going to fail.
Previous to my Battery, there was not a storage battery book or expert
of any prominence that was not on record as stating that there is no
known way to make a practical storage battery except with lead, and
now that 1 proved the contrary, 1 can summon the whole fraternity
before the Court to testify in my favor.
> John H. Karjes, Esq.,
31 Boulevard Haussmann,
210
Charles F. Stillwell, Esq.,
Haupauge, 1. I.,
Suffolk Co., ». Y.
Pear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge
Inst, regarding the assignment
■beg to state that your wishes
Jan. 23, 1905.
jceipt of your favor of the 20th
C your contract to your wife and
11 he carried out.
urs truly,
Jan. 23, 1905.
Urs. Sarah F. Stillwell,
Hapauge, Suffolk Co.,
long Island, IT. Y.
Madam:
your favor of the 20th inst. enclosing duplicate of
assignment came duly to hand, and in rep*y I »eg to state that your
husbands wishes will he carried out in the matter.
Yours truly,
a &
SIS
Jan. 23,
XS05.
The Globe 8
7 Dey Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen:-"
On January 16th last, you published an editorial on
'* building activity a subject in which 1 am very much interested.
I desire to get some back statistics on this subject,
and would appreciate it very much if you would advise me from whom
they can be obtained.
Thanking you very much for your reply, 1 am,
Yours very truly
V
WSM/to.
Jan. 31, 1905.
C. M. Chapman, Esq.,
528 Platbush. Ave . ,
Brooklyn, II. Y.
Bear Sir:
X enclose you herewith letter from Mr. C. E. Young and
George J. Jackson. Kindly give same your attention, and oblige,
Yours truly,
2
enc.
Jan. 31, 1905.
Miss Elizabeth J. Perrin,
Route No. 3,
Uoodline, Iowa.
Pear Miss Perrin:
Replying to yours of the 28th inst., I beg to state that
at present I am all out of photographs. You can obtain them from
Messrs. Pach Bros., 935 Broadway, New York.
,aineisq
Yours truly.
//
Feb. 15, 1905.
John W. Snow, Esq. ,
218 Main Street,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
In checking up your account to Feb. 1st we find that there
is a difference of §5.50. Your statement calls for Bills rendered
§198.45, hills we received from you as per memo, enclosed amount
to §192.95 making the difference mentioned above. Kindly send us a
corrected statement, and oblige, Yours truly,
Edison, Laboratory
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^ •" ’ Cashier.
Feb . 15, 1905.
Davis Collamore & Co.,
Fifth Ave. & 37th St..,
ITew York,
Dear Sirs:.
I to return you herewith your bill for 510.00 dated
January 31, 1905, and .onld a»b that you Kndly let ». Mow who ordered
the soup plat.., where they were .ent and greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
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Eeb. 20, 1905.
essi-s. Krajensky & Rosenberg,
30 Harrison St. ,
East Orange, H. J.
Dear Sirs:
Relative to charge on your bill Jan. 14, 1905 "Raking
table cover" $4.00, "beg to advise that up to the present time this
cover has not been received. Kindly return it to me at once,
and greatly oblige, Yours truly,
Eeb. 21, 1905.
William Tj. Edison, Esq.,
Special Delivery, Mechanic's Bldg.,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir:
As per your telegram I beg to enclose you herewith $10.00.
Be very careful and dont get lost with the enclosed.
E<?b. 27, 1906.
Rubber cans are no good. Drawn cane of course would be
'Ul risht if they were nickel plated, and then heated to weld the
to lron» but 1 a® pretty sure they would buckle all out of
shape in heating, also the weight of the battery would be increased
very materially which is a very bad feature. Our welded cans now
fei'e perfect and we have out running several hundred. I had previ¬
ously written you fully on this subject; do not think you can do as
well with drawn cans.
We can not send you any material for filling the pockets
aa t,hc * act ary is shut down and will not start up until I find the
■it w5t,y i.hft cells lose capacity. I have also written you fully
ardfr.g this. Now Rergmann there is no use going ahead manufac-
until I find 'the trouble, c-ih<- :.>j you will get into a world
'■ ■ ! e , but go ahead with the tools which we know are all right
the results of our experiments here. You will find that if
ut. nut several thousand batteries, which in the course of a
r- fall down, you will have to meet a very serious loss and
ruin your future pro ape ot 8 .
The iron you sent me made by Schoop is no good; it has
not one half the capacity per gram and will gradually revert and
become dead in 8 months. I will find out why the drawings have
not gone forward, I signed them six weeks ago.
id Dy<
3 tad mistakes in giving Dye:
use for him. He is no
afn, so Dyer tell
about battery an
ents and you should not relie on him too much,
ill Keep you posted; the moment we find the trouble will
It will he plain sailing then, and once we get it
perience here with over 200 trucks shows that the business
tmited and very profitable, but we must have it right.
Yours very truly,
writing the above, I find that the drawings were shipped
I&OS. T. A. E.
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March 1, 1905.
Some time ago, as per Mr. Edison’s request I Bent you two
checks for one hundred dollars each, making a total of two hundred
dollars. Will you kindly send me an itemized statement, showing
how this amount was expended, and greatly oblige,
Yours tru ly,
March 1, 1905.
Messrs. H. C. Everett & Co.,
305 Smith Street,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Pear Sirs:
Beplying to yours of the 27th ult., beg to state that
photographs of myself can be obtained from Messrs. Pach Bros, 935
Broadway, Mew York. At present I have none of my photographs on
hand. Yours truly,
Karch 2, 1905.
•organs
irs of the 1st received. I have been ill for the past
as to ny coming to Hew York, would not he permitted ti
,o--a »'<dvice. I spend a few hours at the Laboratory
i suppose you could take a run over to see me.
idly advise me on telephone what day and hour can come,
Yours very truly,
March 6, 1905 .
0. V/s ciAAugtc-n , Esq.,
c/o Korean, Harjes 5= Co.
"Pear Mr. Wadding ton:
Replying to yours of the 21st ult., wish to say that
we used too ranch Mercury. The distance 'between the plates has been
increased.
At last I have f ound out the trouble with the battery; it
will be difficult to fix it, but I have no fear now that I know what
it is. Ko/would ever have suspected the cause. The capacity, will
I am sure be increased at the same time.
March 7, 1905.
I send you herewith two patents on the Tantalum Lamp
Yours very truly.
C. A. Coffin, Esq. , Cl t
c/o General. Electric Co.,
Schenectady, IT. Y.
March 7, 1905.
icrt Cox, Esq.,
1215 Main Street,
Wheeling, W* Va.
31r: s of the 4th inst., wish to say that it
Replying to youi obtain the publi-
possihle for me to paper pencils, would
■ vou to tile rt.
J truly.
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Samuel Insull, Esq.,
Edison Elds-, 139 Adams Street,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir:
Yottrs of the 3rd received. V.hen the pai
from the Institute for my signature, youi request
Your 3 truly.
E. A. Hints, Esq.,
K tester, Minn.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 3rd inst.,
ordinary Ugntning rods gl- "*
perfeot protection against a *»«- * r“°
tno afoy. you can rosily Judge »etn.r you hay.
Yours truly,
protected.
March 7 , 1905 .
cones forv/ard
LI "be fulfilled.
/
March 7, 1905.
to state that
good
L a/ground are a
>y lightning. From
your house properly
March 6, 1905.
H. Clarke Moore,
1210-14th St..,
Sioux City, Iowa.
3rd
Inst. ,
I return you herewith papers received with your letter.
Friend Adams:
Have you seen U. S. Patents Hob. 553296 and 553328 of 1896
on the Tantalum Lamp?
Yours very truly,
To Edward D. Adams, Esq.,
71 Broadway,
Hew York.
nn
March 7,
1905.
acor-l St, .j
urn i.n the office after an illness of several
20t;i of January was placed before me for attentioi
■e sent time I have our battery in about 250 trucks
ir.ir.f-; for the past year. Towards the end of this
falling off in capacity and decided to stop the
uitil I ascertained the cause of this trouble,
•tir.r the battery through various tests I have
,d D)iaii be able to not only correct it, but make
than
■s very truly,.
Karch 11, 1905,
Chas .
March 13, 1905.
I
S. Swan, Es«j. ,
82 Devonshire Street,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 8th inst., I heg to state that
that the arrangement you made regarding the old models is perfectly
satisfactory to me.
Yours truly,
i
March 13, 1905.
Mr. Albert Bruce Joy,
Chase Lodge, Haslemere,
Surrey, England.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 15th of January, wish to say that
the hest school in this country in my opion is the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. The men they turn out are the
hest in the World and practically run our
Yours truly,
up to date Industries.
March 15, 1905,
Works,
fork.
ring to yours of the 13th inst., teg to state that we
impression that you extracted the small per cent of
sr ores and sold it separately from the Nickel, lie
:>ur Cohalt from abroad out thought we could get it
:: hosing from your company.
Yours truly,
Edison Laboratory
March 16, 1905.
Messrs. Herts Tiros..,
50'' V If Ih Are,,
lev.' York,
Dear Sir :
j v, er to call your attention to the following item on your
hill dated ®ej>teniber 7.0 th, 1904.
Under date of June 8th, charge for upholsterers time putting
up curtains, draperies and portiere §28.00; this seems to he an entirely
new charge and never appeared on hills previously rendered for this
kind of work.
Tv. opinion and according to your old hills there was
to the reason
Maroh 18, 1905.
Frederick H. Knight, Esq.,
First K. E. Church,
l"t. Carmel, Ill.
Hear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 16th inst., heg to state that it
is impossible for me to give you any information about the "Acousticon
nothing
:i& I know/vkatsoover about this instrument.
Yours truly,
- C
J rltoU. f.dL>tn
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March 18, 1905.
,?rs . Adaline \»,r. Stillwell,
Somerville, H. J.
Dear Madam:
Replying to yours of the 16th inst . , beg to state that the
present address of Miss Eugenie L. Stillwell, is c/o Mrs. M. Stillwell
138 Stanley Ave., Hamilton, Ont., Canada.
Yours truly.
March 20, 1905.
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ns anoqjjoo
Friend V/eir,
I want t,o call. your attention to the fact that the brake
on the I.ansden delivery wagon is in my opinion no good, and you shou:
not close anything until this is made satisfactory. I will give you
any aid necessary to get it right. I can make him put one on that
will never cause trouble or depreciation if you will hack me up.
Yours truly,
To L. C. V/eir, Esq. , President,
Adams Express Co . ,
59 Broadway, New York.
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I write to keep you informed as to our progress Here. I
shall send 3 or 4 patent applications to Berlin shortly and I wish
that the contents he kept quiet; just file them and say nothing, and
caution nr. Sell also. I shall not file in other countries until
later, hence, the reason for secrecy. Look out and say nothing to
Bafn, as ultimately he will, I believe go to lunger.
T have found the cause of the trouble as you will learn from
the patents, hut will not mention it here for obvious reasons. It is
of course difficult to get the bug out, but you will see from the
applications the lino I am working on.
ft.re will be no Chang, in the iron grid orpocMt., and
0ll tools and drawings you haw. will h. 0. K. ih./.hang. will
to in th. nickel Plat, of 2* pockets, and I d. not think there will
to m changes hors, me rilling »achiu. and process I hay. all set
«, „ady to test, and the moment X » in a position to do so will
the test and make each changes as are necessary to suit th. new
i am pretty sur. in swing, that th. h.tt.ry -hen 1 »«
„ lt will not only h. mor. constant and unchangeable than
though With it will „ry oonslder-
x ewer supposed possible cut - - * ' ^ ^ t0 desired,
rtl, increased, and that as a Whole it will
Yours very truly, ^
Tn 5. Bergman, Bsq., tJy
Berlin, Germany. &
■Edgar W. Dennison, Esq.,
West Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
I am sending you "by bearer the Seals of the Bates Mfg. Co.,
Edison Phonograph Worlcs and the national Phono. Co. If you will have
the minute boot of the above companies sent to me, minutes will be
written up to date and boot returned to you.
Yours truly,
L. C. Weir, Esq., Pres.,
Adams Express Co.,
59 Broadway, ITew Yort.
Priend Weir:
Replying to yours of 22nd inst., would say that as a rule
I am here at the Laboratory every day and would be pleased to have
you come out and see me at your convenience, but before coming would
se that you call up on phone so as to be sure that I am here.
Yours truly,
advis
386:
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t/
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March 24, 1905.
iief lying to yours of the 20th of February, beg to state that
r-.u~.tic Potash coir.ee from the Chemische i'abrik Greisheim-Elektron,
I'ree
j’rankfurt aA, Germany. It is called "Special Chlorine/fcle ctrolytic
Potash" and we pay 6,3/4 cents per pound, f. o. b., Hew York.
We s imply dissolve it in a wrought iron tank, provided with
a cover of sheet iron close fitting. The best form of tank is a round
one with riveted Beams, the iron being about l/8" thick. The diameter
should be equal to the depth. A good size for your requirements would
be about five feet diameter. This will make 2223 1 item when filled to
a depth of 4 ft., which will be enough for 1850, E.-18 cellB. The
tank should be provided with a conical shaped cover, having a door for
the admission of the Potash, stirring, sampling, etc. There should
be an outlet pipe entering the side about 5" from the bottom to draw
off the clear Potash for use, there should be also another outlet on
bottom to drain the tank for the purpose of cleaning.
The Potash comes in drums containing about 230 lbs. The
sheet iron drum is cut open without breaking the potash and the
..lid cylinder of P.tadh 1= P* * *“*• 1160 <5 ^
arc put in the « and the aa™ i. lilM »• 4 «• “*» *ltl‘
distilled water. Hie Petal, will diseolve with the aid of it. own
h..t and should to dtout 1200 sp. «r. then ehout 2 liter, of Hydro¬
gen peroxide are added and tie solution well .timed. A solution of
Barium Hydrate is now added in Just sufficient quantity to threw do™
small
S. B. #2. SO'1?
all of the carbonate, which has to he determined by trial on a
sample .
During this operation the solution should be hot. Make the
solution up to 1188 sp.gr. by adding water. Care must be taken not to
get a large excess of Barium. The solution is allowed to settle which
will take two or three days when it may be drawn off for use.
The drums in which the solution is kept should be welded
seams or soldered by Cadmium and very thoroughly cleansed by boiling
some Potash in them before use. Peroxide of Barium may be used to
throw down the carbonate, in which case no Peroxide of Hydrogen need
be used.
Yours truly,
March 24, 1905/
Mrs. William Elliott,
502 Port Street,
Port Huron, Kich.
Dear Mrs. Elliott:
Your favor of the 17th inst. addressed to my wife came
duly to hand, and in reply I beg to state that I would appreciate
it very much if you would send me the photograph of my mother. Thank¬
ing you in advance for your kindness, I remain, _
Yours truly,
369
March 25,1905.
Honorable Irving B. Dudley,
Artier. Envoy Extraordinary and Min. Plenipotentiary,
lima, Peru.
SIB:-
My attention is called to a circular which I
understand has been distributed largely in Peru, relating to
an electro-magnetic appliance called the "Edison Electrogenic
Belt", and in connection with which appears my photogr&Dj! urith
the words in Spanish "X deceive nobody". This is hot only
very objectionable to me for obvious reasons, but is certain^
ly misleading and unfair, since it is needless to say that I
have no connection whatever with this enterprise. Prom the
circulars in question it appears that these devices are sold
"at the Prench Drugstore of Remy Brothers" and at the "Store
of the E1ECTRICA1 BATTERY, Branch in Peru: Mercaderes 183,
Ui33tairs. Casilla 27 Lima."
I write to you in this matter for the reason
that I have no correspondents in Peru, and also because I re¬
gard this as a case where, as an American citizen, I can very
properly appeal for protection to my country's representative.
So. 2 - Hon, Irving B. Dudley.
If consistent with your position, I will deem it a favor if
you will refer this matter to the police authorities at lima
in order that the objectionable literature may he suppressed
Very respectfully,
,s$li ovnoLt>-QJ&A***<
kuo/abk.
March 27, 1905.
I ceg to advise you that Mr. Edison received a letter this
ruing from Kr . Jerome D. Gedney, Attorney for the Peoples Bank of
.st Orange regarding a loan made you of *575.00. In the letter it
•atea that Mr. Edison was in receipt of an income from you out of
Win you kindly come up to the laboratory about this matte
necessary to give the Attorney an answer at once.
March 28, 1905.
Steal cans do not rust through. Of all the 15000 cells,
rs hav0 lie.ver found one rusted through. It would require 20 years
,'j rust then through. Y/hat you think is rusting is due to electroly¬
tic action . or to ail internal arc between the bottom of the can, the
elates ;.Hd the active material which settles in the quiet place on
..w!:tom, between can and arm on rubber bottom. The whole trouble is
iue to leaking cans and badly designed bottom rubber that supports
the plates. The H cell which you are to make will have no quiet
place Tor the active material to settle, hence, there will be no
internal short circuits to burn a hole through the can. Secondly, id
the cans are perfectly welded, there will be no leak of fluid down
to the bottom, creeping all over the crate and giving a high voltage
you have we rmver made right, the new crate is 0. K.
We have about 1000 new welded cells in use in New York and
Washington, and not one has leaked, and the bottoms are perfectly dry
I am absolutely certain, that with the cans we make now the bottoms
-v'U keen dry, and even by accident some liquid should get over, the
telegraph insulator .
and the cells will
ort now used in our crates will
Is will never rust through,
g costs of many firms for their
and rubber cell breakage
e of the large itgff.s
f
tried everything to stop
,u that the curse of the lead battery is the rubber
s you attribute a result to a wr ong cause you want
:p fait into the same error. There is no need of rubber, paint, dope
m anything else if the metallic cans do not leads. 1 have iron cans
-0 v, the Laboratory filled with Lye for domestic soap making, °all«
Lewis Lye , which I bought 18 years ago and they have not rusted
through. If they were set on a wet board six in a row and a current
passed, there would have been a hole eaten through in a week.
I can not send you any material to fill pockets, and I
would* nt if 1 could, as I don't propose^in your great haet to do
something that you are going to make a/mistake with my consent. I
did not hesitate to shut down a going concern, and it is no blow as
you seem to think would be the case with your company, even before
you start. I told you many times that the battery was not right and
that I proposed to stop and find out why. I have found out and am
going ahead as fast as I can, but I will not. start up again until I
have worked out all the process and got proper tools, and have thor¬
oughly tested the cell; then I will start and I will/so much busines
that it will make' your head swim. I will keep you informed as to
To S. Bergmann, msg..,
23 Oudenarder Strassi
March 28, 1905.
hear Mr. Par shall:
I do not remember if I told you that Dick by a contract with
.tic before he left, gave over everything into my hands, permitting
throw the business of any country into the three proposed Com-
i to wit: Germany, Prance and England, eliminating himself
ily , therefore as far as future business is concerned he is out
except in the event that serious changes are desired by the
Regarding cells— the factory was closed three months ago,
if' my experiments, so can not furnish any cells until we start
th the new cell, which I hope will be inside of four months. I
cave three months for the test on the new cell and in the meantime
pushing the new machinery and taking the chance that tests will
out all right. I am filing a lot of Patents to cover the new
r Yours truly,
C'J. , -
p. Par shall, Esq.,
Salisbury House, London Wall,
London, E. C., England.
March 29, 1905
ne M. Oidney, Esq., Attorney,
Peoples Bank, "air. 3t.,
East. Orange, II. J.
I hog to enclose you herewith check for §631.04, the sax
i/ in payment of loan made "by Mr. S. Ogden Edison. Will you k:
rn ne the note, also a memorandum stating how the figures, §6:
arrived at, and oblige,
Yours truly,
March 30, 1905.
Edward Me Guirk, Esq., Tresis.,
Town of West Orange,
We3t, Orange, E. T.
Dear Sir:
I beg to enclose you herewith General Warrant for §25.00,
for which kindly send me a check to cover this amount, and oblige,
Yours truly,
March 31, 1905
White Sewing Machine Co.,
16 Railroad Place,
East Orange,
Dear Sirs:
I heg to enclo:
r. J.
herewith order blanks for automobile,
aso my check for §500 in payment on account. I will take the dark
jiue color, to be delivered on April 10th.
Yours truly,
March 31, 1905
Edward Savey, Esq.,
o/o Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewart sville , IT. J.
Pear Sir:
Kindly let me have your report on cxirrent used for Blower
Test, dating from Behruary 23rd when Morris Jayne left and this
experiment ,a» put in your »»«=• W «“■ !,r0m!>*
you will greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
Hutchison Acoustic Go., Mr.,K. K. Turner,
114 W. 3 2nd Street,
Hew York.
Pear Sir:
Replying
I am so deaf from i
not hear a cannon.
to yours of the 21st inst., X *eg to state that
-ecent operation performed on my ear that I could
Yours truly,
March 31, 1905.
[. 'Wood, Esq..,
41 Cortlandt Street,
Sir: D the automobile mentioned
■p~> ease reduce the insurance on the au
. «« o"”1”"4 * . . t present tin. the «■«»
> - — t r: E::;r,u6 « — —
B stored at Glen Ridge factory,
ler Ridge, H- J- should he materia^
. . n„ this machine I thinK
*“ °n ^ is not used and only stored,
-educed, ^ it contains no • ’
391
April 3, 1905.
Co.,
riling you about speed, I learn from Lansden that
to motor commutator going had, which I knew nothing
the General Electric to fix them, which they
Yours truly,
394
April 5, 1905.
Albert W. Johnston, Esq.., Pres.,
American Nickel Works,
43 Exchange Place, Hew York.
Dear Sir:
Regarding the proposition for the new use of Cobalt which
I have found, I beg to say that the atatus is as follows: I have
found that with the standard type of cell, giving 150 ampere hourB,
which I sell to the public for ten dollars, in which Nickel alone
is used-, that by adding 175 grammes of Cobalt to the cell that the
, tar T-r t sell to the publio at the same
ampere capacity is raised to 165. If I
rate r-<=>r canpere the cell would sell for $11.0°.
The extra manufacturing costs, general expenses and profit
counts to 45 cents per cell, leaving 54 cents per cell to pay for
«. Co'oalt or one <oU„ *** -ovo» per P— ■ » *“
.or, COP at . further Increase ”t
• rn-nont of Co'balt woiald have to he
same ratio, sc that the second increment of Coha
furnished cheaper to make it pay.
April 7, 1905,
the 3rd inet,
closely read
Laims of the patents 3ent, you will see that
the Uiobium or Tantalum,
he construed
the patent will cover both. Mr,
•th did an immense amount of
made thin
of Tantalum and used them in
that it is probable S & Hi
lamps before the date of the patent
will have trouble in this country with their patent. Mr. Aylesworth
abilities in the carbon filament
Italian gets much of a Btart
I shall ta he it up again if ti
If
398
Colve
•eder icl
dge receipt of your kind invitation to
the T-orodical Publishers' Association
i ay that owing to another engagement on
impossible for me to attend,
the invitation , I remain,
scond Annual Din
April
B Bairbariks, Esq.. ,
Chief C. 0. Equipment , K. V* * *• *•*■*»•
160 Market St., Newark, H. J.
Elec-
sotts Book
nonodj
they
i formal
contaii
American Hickel Works.
43 Exchange Place, Hew York.
Dear Sir:
At present can not give you exact amount for second incre¬
ment, as I have not determined it accurately, thinking that owing to
scarcity of metal that it would he useless to pursue the experiment.
I will, however, determine it and will probably let you know in two
weeks. When I closed factory down three months ago we were making
200 cells daily and had machinery in progress for increasing to 400.
I shall start up on 200 daily and hope to reach 400 by fall. This
will require 75 lbs. daily for the 200,and 150 lbs. for the 400.
The German factory will start up in August and if they adopt the Co¬
balt will require the same amount. The English factory will not
start until n.xt rt.fr. By n.xt year I fould say th.t ap.roxlmt.ly,
400 lbs. par day could f u.sd, and without all .16== »U. f
business will increase very rapidly.
Yours truly.
405
April 13, 1905.
Bear Sirs:
Ky attention has been called to the Keystone Drilling
machine v/hi.ch I understand you manufacture, and which I am told
is the he si, m chine on the market. At my portland cement plant,
where wc quarry Both cement rock and lime stone it is possible that
one- of your machines might be used to advantage, and I would be
pleased if you would send me full particulars as to what you claim
for your machines and prices of the various sizes.
Yours very truly,
418
April 19, 1905.
Bo r> in;' , Esq- , Ass*t. Her.,
States fee It ine Co.,
Canon City, Cola.
' letur ,t the M, inst . addressed to the Edison m-
n„ld,d ,,e for attention, replying to »e»e «* to say that
, lBe 1 needed C.d»i» very baddy ,hnt, finding it hopeless to
an, 4nantity, I abandoned its ns. and fo.nd a snhstitnte, so
3ent an not in the market.
Tnankine you for calline our attention to same, I remain,
Yours truly,
Sale of plot opposite Ashland Ave. on Lakeside
420'
Ave., 7/e at Orange, N.J.
Release on Mortgage. April 20,1905.
Mutual life Insurance Co.,
Buildings & Real Estate Dept.,
52 Nassau St., New York.
Gentlemen:
An offer has come to me for the purchase of a plot 75 feet hy
200 feet, more or less, adjoining the rear end of the Edison Laboratory
Cor. of Valley Road & Lakeside Ave., 7/est Orange, N.J.
The price offered hy National Phonograph Co., the prospective
purchaser, is §20.00 per front foot, or $1500.00 for the plot. This
is entirely satisfactory to me.
If agreeable to you, I should like to have release of mortgage on
this property, the purchase price being applied on the reduction of
mortgage on Edison Laboratory property.
Blue print attached herewith gives the description of property.
Yours very truly.
A9A
^ O
Apr. 24, 1905.
Messrs. Brown Bros. & Co.,
SO Y/all Street,
lev/ York.
Bear Sir:
I have this day received a notice and order on you from
Childs & Co., London for £.197 - 10 - 4. Will you kindly send
me a form of draft which you require for my signature, and greatly
oblige,
Yours truly,
April 24, 1905.
. Battey, Esq.,
3?ort Myers, Ela.
' sir: -beer to state that at
-TJ: ZZ^ furtJr tMn °"
r « «- — - — - tM - th
_ _ with you.
April 24, 1905.
yours of the 20th inst., heg to state that • •
all gone. V7e owe Lansden some and if you can
wait you can steal from Lansden. Yftien are you ci
good road via Weehawken ferry, Hackensack and
your auto. Bring your wife and have lunch at
er some fine moving pictures.
Yours very truly,
■/•XHsLt
!i Lu-tCioUi * u lc •
/ 2. C f*hc-udiv&
44B
/
May 5, 1905.
Dear Hr. Pilling:
Replying to yours of the 4th inst., "beg to state that as
three o'clock was your Board Meeting, when I got through at that hour
I went to see Twombly and had to wait so late, that I thinking you had
gone home, came home myself.
If you wish to see me about Gaunt, I can explain why I want
him. As I understand from Mr. Mallory Mr. Shelmerdine is willing to
continue President, this suits me exactly. I thought he was not
willing to he elected, so I proposed Thompson. You know I have a lot
of money invested and only have Mallory and myself on the Board, and
I thought it not out of the way that I should have Gaunt, and it will
take some stiff arguments to convince me that I am not so entitled.
Gaunt is new blood, knows everybody and will certainly interest outsi¬
ders in our enterprise.
Yours very truly
P. S. Will be at the laboratory tomorrow.
To W. S. Pilling, Esq. ,Treas. ,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Philadelphia, ?a.
453
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
23 Oudenarder Stras3e,
Berlin, Germany.
;,'y Bear Bergmann:
Yours ol th. 26th hit. rece ived . Uon't under.tand about
I— uadona. . hat. had - -W ‘ “* " ~
aud a halt and ner.r had any trouble. Adah. Soproo. do. hate
they ..rh every *«y - «■ -* " *"*“• ~ ^
thing appears to he the brake .
You want to go slow on batteries and autos as there are many
• i,+ are not, for instance, your nickel
*t r rr:r- ~ — -
3 ; dlht lo good contact in Alhall; nobody n.uld haye ever
t"at t°d‘thia YOU better depend on « to give you the right thing,
suspected this. ^ ^ ^ for nlohel but only tor -on.
" *“ "“..“I „e. patent. I ^ all, but retrain tr„ doing
vmen you get the P ^ R lea3c in y0ur office.
80 n°W ^ ^"Jtry is going to be better and of greater capacity
T ^ making a few little tools to make *00
you can depend on. I - -»** send you l/s
Cells by hand for endurance tests -d when re .
dozen so you can make tests. a. ' ■
.. Yours truly,
15 T
May 10, 1905.
A. Merritt, Esq., Chairman,
Special Committee on Paintings, etc.-,
House of Representatives,
Lansing, Mich.
My dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your Committee’s esteemed favor of
April 25th, having reference to a portrait of myself to he placed in
the Hall of Representatives, and I fully appreciate the great honor
extended to me; hut I regret vary much to advise you that I am not in
position at the present time to give the necessary time for sittings
for a suitable portrait. I have so many important experiments going
on, which will continue throughout, the best part of this year, and my
other varied interests are so great that I cannot see ay way to arrang¬
ing matters at present. The matter will not, however, escape my atten¬
tion, as I have given orders to my Secretary that your communication he
brought to my attention from time to time so that it will not be over¬
looked.
Again regretting my inability to arrange for the portrait at this
time, and thanking your Representatives as a whole for the honor, I
beg to remain,
Yours very truly.
May, 12 ,1905.
Deutsche Edison- Akkumulatoren-Company,
Gentlemen:-
Drontheimerstr. 17 /l8 ,
Berlin, Germany.
1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter
of the 18th ul.t. informing me that your company has been or¬
ganized for the purposes and under the conditions defined in
the option agreement with Mr. S. Bergmann, dated September
3ot.h, 1904, subject to the proposed modifications suggested by
the Deutsche Bank, in its letter to Mr. Bergmann of November
15th, 1904, and my acceptance of the same by letter to Mr. Berg¬
mann of November 29th, 1904; and 1 confirm and ratify Mr. Berg¬
mann' s action in this respect.
Mr. Bergmann wrote me on March 13th last, that the
contract papers v/ere then being drawn up, and as Boon as receive
I am prepared to execute them, provided, of course, they embody
the terms and conditions defined in said option agreement of
September 30th, 1304, modified as above set forth.
Yours very truly.
41
May 13, 1905.
E. G. Hoffman, Esq. ,
17 Eel and Ave . ,
Mew P.ochelle , M . Y.
Bear Sir:
I return you herewith the papers received with yours of
26th ult. and wish to say that I could not interest myself in Automo¬
biles, as it might predudioe my possible customers for the batteries
Yours truly.
May 13, 1905.
Charles Batchelor, Bsq. ,
53 TJJest 25th Street,
Mew York.
" enclose y.« zenith copy cl a ^ « — »“*
f 12 18B8 between Thomas A. Ddi.on and the *d».on aonograp
«. — * — - - - “•
■ _ _ cooed W Hr. Dennison as secretary.
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481
May 22, 1905.
A. Melsar, Esq.,
Evansville , Indiana.
My dear Sir:-
We have had some correspondence in the past
.Latins to phcnosraph matters, and I also have pleasant
recollections of my into rview with yon. I would like to
connt on your friendly assistance in a matter which I think
should he thoroughly ventilated and exposed. As you know,
phonograph cylinders and blanks are formed essentially of
stearate of soda, stearate of aluminum and ceresin, the mix¬
ing being carried on at a high temperature - about 450 degrees
p<> the aluminum being added in metallic fora to the
caustic solution before the addition of the xauter uo the
stearic acid. These cylinders and blanks Have been made and
geld c
sntinuously by me since prior to the year 1890. In the
d,VL. the Graphophone Company either .sa.de use of a
i;:; lead composition, or else bought old Edison blanks,
melted them up and re-molded them. They were very anxious to
get hold of ** formula, and I understand, hired some of my men
away for this purpose. In November, 1896, Mr. Hacdonal . «
?.n application on iny formula* ‘hut he did not de sc rice t/ie ube
of ft high temperature, which ho wa a probably unfamiliar with.
Ibis pat o nt ms granted July 5th, 1398, numbered 606,725. On
August 25, 1898, Macdonald filed a second application, des¬
cribing the use of a high temperature, and also, mentioning my
formula, and this patent was granted June. 13th, 1899, numbered
626,709.' In other wordB, Macdonald obtained two patents, des¬
cribing the wax composition which 1 had been publicly using
.nnHmioiialv for mure than nine years. I did not know of the
nceivable, but notwithstanding
ine Company have sued my concern
you that you were more or less familiar with this situation,
and that, in fact, the Graphophone Company had requested you
to analyze my composition, and advise them as to the way to
nakn it. I would like, therefore, to i
disclosed. This tes
uony could be taken at Evansville , so as not to seriously in¬
convenience you. First of all, however, I would' like, to have
-ny attorney meet you and talk over the situation. He can go
to Evansville at any convenient date, but I would like to hav
the matter attended to promptly. If you will wire me on re¬
ceipt of this, and advise me whether I can count on your as¬
sistance. I will be ~rsry much varv truly. >
'.land Cement Co,
; In
tdema
ion,
informed that a new law has recently gone
he United States, making it. desirable tc r
k again at Washington, and without further
i v.her than that above stressed, 1
; ration of the mark in this countr:
Urmy to prepare the papers, in o.
Yours wry truly,
MACHINES loaned the
Battery Company
.instruments
Edison Storag<
1 Large Chemical Balance
Shipped to Silver Lake
12 H.P. Bergmann Motor
12 0. ” Starting Box
Shipped to Silver I.alce
1 Small Resistance Box for 1
Shipped to Glen Pidge
1 Turret Lathe and list of
..rtB on Memo. 1 attached.
i-eh. 24, 1902,
24, 1902
ipped. to Glen Bidgo
B» Ar sonval Galvanometer
Short Range Galvanometer Telescope
Galvanometer Shunt
Double Contact Key
slivered to Eleiss for Testing Dept
Galvanometer Box .
delivered to Sadler for Testing Dept
L - 10 H. V. Motor
Shinned to Glen Ridge(Memo. from Mur
?.eter
Glen Ridge
•liver ei
Chuck
27/03 to Glen Ridge hy Caskey
Motor and starting Box
Silver Lake by Caskey
son. Dynamo with 1 ■ Armature 9363
, Glen Ridge J?
sent
Tail Stock
21 Change G<
1 Jaw Chuck -and v/rench
Chuck and
12 Boring Bars
spindle
Brill
Tool
cross feed
1 - l/4 " wrench for Armstrong's tool holder
Letterbook, LB-072
This letterbook covers the period May-November 1905. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and John F. Randolph. There are also a few
letters by Mina Miller Edison and others. Included is correspondence with field
workers R. D. Casterline, John Morris, and Horace M. Wilson regarding
Edison's search for cobalt ore, as well as numerous other letters pertaining to
his interest in mines and ores. There are also letters discussing Edison’s
progress on his improved alkaline storage battery, his plans to reopen his
factory in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and the proposed organization of battery
manufacturing companies in France and Germany. In addition, there are items
relating to the business of the Edison Portland Cement Co. and to Edison's
search for markets for his cement. Several letters addressed to Adolph Melzer
deal with Edison's work on phonographs and with a lawsuit by the American
Graphophone Co. against the National Phonograph Co. for the infringement of
patents granted to Thomas H. Macdonald. There are also letters regarding the
New York Phonograph Co.’s prolonged legal actions against the National
Phonograph Co. Some letters refer to matters of employment and to supplies
of chemicals and equipment for the West Orange laboratory. Among the items
pertaining to family and personal matters are letters concerning Edison's
interest in automobiles and his automobile trips; his property in Milan Ohio-
and the loan of an old phonograph for exhibition at the Florida State Fair.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "T.A Edison
- Letter Book, from May - 25 - 1905 to Nov. - 13-1905." There is an inscription
on the spine with similar information. The spine is also stamped "5." The book
contains 497 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 30 percent of the
book has been selected.
May 26, 1906,
Brigadier General A. Mackensie,
Chief of Engineers U. S. Army,
Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 22nd enclosing list of officers of the Corps
of Engineers is received and for which please accept my thanks. Let¬
ters have been sent to the Engineers in charge of the construction
work.
I have also received from another source a copy of the
specification covering cement issued by the government; there are
one or two clauses which operate somewhat against my cement on the
specifications, do not, of course, take into consideration a cement
as fine as 85/Z through 200 mesh sieve. May I send our Vice President,
Kr. W. S. Mallory and our Chemist, Mr. E. P. Dinan to take these
matters up with .the proper officials in your department? If this
suggestion is agreeable to you and you will appoint some day conven¬
ient for you after June 1st, I will be glad to send them to
Washington.
I have given a great deal of thought and spent much time
and money in the endeavor to produce a superior product, and am
most anxious that my cement shall be used in government work.
Yours very truly,
May 29th ,1905.
of the 24th inst. has been • received
the courteous and painstaking raanne
assurance that 1 may count <
assistance and cooperation
Your letter makes it entirely clear that in 1894
you invented, independently of me, practically the same composi
tion that 1 had been using for some years previously. The diff
iculties encountered by Macdonald, even after you had disclosed
the process and composition to him, show very conclusively that
he must-have had a very limited ability in this field in the
early days. In fact, it was not until men from my own factory
went to Bridgeport 'that he was able to turn out a satisfactory
blank. Apparently, his difficulty was in the use of aluminum
hydrate, which is generally contaminated with silica, so as to
make the blanks gritty and objectionable. One of my o'vm men di
r-insfiri to him the use of metallic aluminum in September, 1896.
No. 2 - Adolph Melzer, Esq.
It is entirely clear to my mind that Macdonald did absolutely
nothing in the way of independent invention, and that Ms patents
are based on disclosures made to him by yourself and by ray work¬
man. Macdonald's course, therefore, in obtaining patents on this
composition was, to my mind, without a shadow of justification,
and when he made oath on filing the applications, that he consid¬
ered himself "the first, original and sole inventor" of the com¬
position, he must have known -that the statement was perjured. As
a matter of abstract, justice, I believe this transaction should be
fully disclosed, in order that the discreditable part played by
Macdonald may be known to the public. This, is not the first time,
I understand, that Macdonald has obtained patents on ideas of
other people, but he has generally been careful enough to so con¬
ceal the situation as to make the truth difficult of proof. With
your assistance, 1 believe that in the present case, it can be
shown that Macdonald knowingly secured patents on inventions of
others, and to which he had no claim whatever.
In view of the very complete character of your letter,
it will not be nece,ssary for my attorney to see you immediately,
but he will probably do so early next month. In the meantime,
I will be vary much obliged if you will collect all the letters
and documents relating to the case that you can put your hands
on. Particularly, 1 should like to have a copy of the American
Soap Journal of September 1894; also copy of your letter to Mac¬
donald of September 1st, 1894; also Macdonald's letter of Septem-
9
o. 3 - Adolph Melaer, Esq,.
Uer 19th, 1894; also your letter to Macdonald of Dec. 1894, with
which you sent the sample to him; also your letter to Macdonald
of Dec. 31st , 1894; also Macdonald's letter requesting the privi¬
lege of going to Evansville for personal instruction, and copy
of your reply; also the correspondence between Macdonald and
yourself leading up to your visit to Bridgeport; and in fact all
letters and documents tending to show that Macdonald depended
upon you for information and that you gave him such information.
I wish you would also ascertain if Mr. Gathmann remembers your
conversation in August 1894. Also, I would like to have the re¬
sult of the analyses made by your brother of an Edison blanh in
Eebruary and March 1895.
After you have gotten together tnis matter, please
pre S3 rye It carefully and 1- * **f ^ "
June the flraphophone Company will know pretty weal what I
to *0, and It moult, of course, he greatly to their tntere.t to
get hold of any dooumente hy which Macdonald would he discredited
Thanking you again for your klndne.s, me -
Yours very truly^, — — •
May 31, 1905.
Mrs. Sarah ?. Stewart,
231 Second Awe.,
Hew York.
Dear Madam:
1 duly received your letter’ of Hay 27th, hut waa unable to
go through my correspondence until yesterday; hence my Inability to
■write you until now.
I remember the Jerome Kidder Mfg. Co. very well indeed. Some
years ago I was very much interested in this particular line of Work,
but I was unable to give it that attention that it required, and as>
consequence the furnishing of Bleotro Medical A Surgical Apparatus
was discontinued by the Company, and since then I have devoted time
to very much larger interests. At the present time X am bo overwhelmed
with work that it is absolutely impossible for me to take on anything
additional.
I rosrot, thoroforo, that I om not in o po.itlon to opnuld.r «»
rtf., «hloh y* h.v. «*• 1 «■”»* «« ““ “ ““ “
propor.mn.eoM.nt. throoen m. ««>or *■■■!■ .
youre very..truly,’ >
14
June 1, 1905.
Messro. Pilling & Crane,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Dear Sirs:
Mr. Mallory has forwarded me your letter of May 29th,
in which you state that one of your engineering friends asks whether
I leally nave anything to do with the manufacture of "Edison" cement;
you may state to him that through my men I located the deposit of
cement rock and limestone on which the plant is built, I also in¬
vented and designed all the crushing and burning devioes used in
our works, and the plant has been erected and is now being operated
under my direct supervision. My financial interest is larger by
oorisidex-able than that of any other stockholder.
You may also assure your friend that the product of our
plant will be kept up to the high quality shown on our charts and that
we- shall strive to constantly improve it.
Yours very truly, — .
June 2nd, .19 05,
HO!..— Irving B. Dudley,
United States Minister,
Lima, Peru.
i' Sir:-
Your favors of the 1st and 5th ults. have been
csived, and I Tri sh to thank you for your kindness in looking
Mr. Cohen and securing frcw kirn the objectionable circulars
ope that Mr. Cohen will keep faith with you in the matter.
Mr. Cohen has sent to my Company a copy of "El Comer
0, Mc;/ 4th, 1905, in which appears an advertisement of
,lscn,8 m-otric Plaster" which is offered for sale by P.
iest of lima. If I m. transgressing too much on your
. ... , ...... ....... _..c- to have you write a letter to Mr,
- + „ tiniB advertisement , -as It seems to me t<
Adolph Melzer, Esq.,
Evansville, Indiana.
Your favor of the 1st inst.
■ of Macdonald's letti
and I thank you for the same. I am glad that you have been able
to put your hands on so much valuable data, and I am particularly
pleased to hear of Macdonald's letter of September 3d, 1896, in
■which he says that he lias recently been informed of the Edison
composition. Kindly preserve all these papers in a safe place.
There is one point concerning this matter that I have
not, as yet, got quite clear in my mind. In the manufacture of
our composition, we have always ca triad on the cooking at a high
temperature - about #150 degrees E. , in order to be sure to drive
off all products of decomposition, so as to thereby eliminate gas
bubbles. Macdonald , in his second patent, Ho. 626,709 dated June
13th, 1899, application filed August 23, 1398, describes the use o
a high temperature, although he bases the patent on an absurd and
impossible theory. The first patent was applied for November 27 tn
l give me any light
! describing the high 1
June 6* 1905 »
22
Mr. Winthrop E. Scarritt,
Commonwealth' Trust Co. ,
27 Pine St., N. Y.
Pear Sir:
Prom article 9 paragraph 4 of the enclosed Automobile law
of Hew Jersey I infer that automobilists may drive their cars at the
rate of a mile in tv/o minutes.
Kindly advise me if I «n correct regarding this matter,
also kindly return book with your reply, -and oblige,
Alex. Churchward, Esq.,
General Electric Co.,
Schenectady, IT. Y.
Triend Churchward:
Replying to yours of
out for a ride in my auto every
for my Lansden Tonneau in place
had for a year.
June 8, 1905.
the 6th inst. wish to say that I go
Sunday. What I am after is a motor
of the little motor I already have
Yours truly,
June 14, 1905.
Albert Johnston, Esq,, Pres.
American Nickel Works,
43 Exchange Place, New York.
Dear Sir:
Experiments show on second increment that 85 cents can be
paid. This would make 80 lbs. at *187 and 40 lbs. at .85, or an average
of U9 per pound metallic. I am now ready to go ahead either way, all
nickel, or nickel and SOlbs. cobalt, at^l37 or 1201bs. cobalt at 119.
I have had my man up in the Harlesbury District to see the
lay of the land. He thinks there will be plenty to go around if
well prospected. My assays show that the country rock contains
cobalt which is a fine sign for more deposits being found. I have
got two deposits in the Parry Sound District with Cobalt; they have
the cobalt all right but they are rather microscopic in size.
Kindly let me know if you can do anything definite so I can
proceed.
Yours truly,
296 Fifth Ave.,
Hew York.
Dear Sirs:
I heg to advise that on your statement June 1,1 ’ 1111
tot. of May 25, 1905, you have charged again.* - «”• ^ *** |2°'°°'
Knowing nothing about the ahoy, will you Kindly let »• *»™ hy who.
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July 6, 1905.
Chas. Schuler, Esq.,
72 West Market Street,
Akron, 0.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 3rd tart., *eg to state that Mr. .
0. IT. Chapman has teen out of my employ for over a year and un
stand that his present address is 328 Elatbush Ave., Brooklyn, H. *-
YourB truly,
~-T~~
' \ July 10, 1905.
J
Albert VI. Johnston, Esq., Pres.,
American Hickel Works,
43 Exchange Place, N. Y.
De£ir Siri Could you oast the Cohalt Hickel into anodes, (sixty cohalt,
forty nickel, Jwithout extra charge? «hat does the term crude maxed
oxide mean? I can not afford to do any chemical work in jiurif^iSS-
in addition to pay $1.37 and come out with any profit.
October delivery would he just right as far as I can
* endurance test, will ead shout that ti», a„d it th.y cot.e out
0. K. I Shall want sixty pounds cohalt (metallic) per day to star
with, and prokahly double this after Eebruary. I am trying to cut
down the amount so as. to get the greatest benefit.
Jl-
10 3ridge Street,
Kew York.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your telephone message, heg to advise that
Hr. Edison will not he at the laboratory Friday. He is going to go
touring in his automobile and at present it is impossible to say
just when he will return.
Yours truly,
E. S. Opdyke, Esq., •
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartsville , IT. J .
July 14, 1905.
Dear Sir:
I enclose you herewith tickets covering sundries paid
through Petty Cash for June 1905 amounting to $9.39 leaving a balance
on hand July 1, 1905 of $17.61. Kindly send me check to cover, and
Yours truly,
oblige,
Daniel Herbert, Esq.,
Iona Island,
Mr. Upton has shown me your letter addressed to him dated
July 3, 1903. My letter to you of September 21, 1903,which you have
never acknowledged as far as my records show, is the only arrangement
betv/een us. In this letter I state that I am willing to give you the
right to cut hoop poles "under the following conditions . One of the
conditions being that you would watch my interest in the property, use
reasonable precautions to prevent fire, snd prevent other unauthorized
parties from cutting wood."
The compensation for doing this
i indicated clearly in this
letter by granting you the right to cut hoop poles
itioned for the reason that none \
( intended, as you were watching
you own interests as well as mine, and my letter was principally inten¬
ded to authorize you to protect your own interests.
t'T, Upton has not been authorized by me to negotiate any mod¬
ification of this arrangement, and the only arrangement that I recog¬
nize with you is in my letter of September 21, 1903.
Yours truly, i
9S
July 25, 1905.
Inge rs oil- Serge ant Drill Co.,
26 Cortlandt Street,
Hew York.
Dear Sirs:
I Deg to enclose you herewith my check for $472.50, the same
oeing in payment of air compressor outfit as per arrangement between
Mr. Mallory and Mr. Saunders.
Kindly send me receipted hill for same, and greatly oblige,
Yours truly.
The new battery, corresponding to the E 18 in size will give
on 5 hour charge 170 amperes and 230 amperes on long or full charge.
The economy on short charge, ie., 5 hours, will he 54,2 per cent Watt ef¬
ficiency and 74 per cent ampere efficiency. The weight is 13,l/2 lbs.
48.8 lbs. per horse power hour on 5 hour charge and 37 lbs. per horse
power hour on long charge. The cell will
B 27, selling for 15 dollars instead of ti
will now take the place of the
C*T
of ten. The«p will be about
one dollar and sixty cents more, but the increased capacity increases
its selling price five dollars.
I am getting the new devices ready and expect to turn them
out in quantity at the end of October. I amcertain now that the cell
will remain constant for years and the mechanical part will be so
tothing to be desired. I do ;
; want to do anything
with England until I turn out my first lot and have all the machinery
dear Bergnann:
At last I can give you some of the results of endurance test
, new cell. We have got a very severe method of testing, which
knocks out the regular cell in 50 runs. Running the new cell in
series with the old type, after 174 complete charges and discharges,
the old type lost 60 per cent, while the new cell showed no change
whatever . The cell corresponding/the E 18 will give on five hours
charge 165 to 170 amperes capacity, on the long charge it will give
230 amperes capacity. ThiB is equal to the old E27 cell which sells
I shall sell the new cell for 15 dollars. The cost of extra
work and material for this cell will he one dollar and sixty cents more
than for the E 18, hut as we shall get five dollars more on account
of the increased capacity, we' shall have very much more profit. The
weight per i.orte power has been greatly reduced. The new cell I speak
of gives 48.8 lbs. per horse power on five hour charge and 37 IDs. on
the long charge. This heats anything on record, with the addition tha
there is a certainty that the battery will last for years.
the long charge . This heat:
l five hour charge and 37 lbs. on
t on record, with the addition tha
will ser i you drawings, ie . , sketches
for making the nickel plate. There i
hut the nickel plate is entirely diff'
the new machinery necessary
j change in the iron plate,
Yours truly, — - fj
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July 26, 1905.
ITy Dear Bergmann:
'iHe iron you sent me for teat from Shoop or Junger people
Save 728. per poclcet. On the 13th discharge 709, on the 35th discharge
it gave 563. They stood 40 days, then on the 42nd discharge gave
243. Thus you see the Junger people do not know what they are' doing.
The iron gradually becomes "passive" as all iron does. We worked 2,l/2
years to discover how to make iron that never becomes passive.
Yours very truly,
To S. Bergmann, Esq.,
23 Oudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
/
Bradley ,
300 Atlas Block,
Salt T.ako city, Utah.
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 22nd received. The price quoted for cohalt
was the average price received as reported hy the Canadian Geological
Survey, also quoted in the Temiskeming weekly papers. Previous to
the discovery of these deposits, the entire product of the World was,
I am told controlled hy a German firm and the Canadian Copper Co.,
which produced it from their nickel mines, there being only one tenth
of one per cent cohalt in ore hut was of course richer in the motte.
The Copper Co. and the German firm have an understanding, and market
the whole product through a chemical manuf acturing house in New York,
charging §2.50 per -pound. The market is very limited.
The La Yotte mines in Missouri are the largest producers
of cohalt in the United States, it being a bye product of their lead
concentration. The concentrate is shipped to the German firm, lately
another lead company near the mine La Kotte have opened up an enor¬
mous body of lead ore, and their bye product is a concentrate con¬
taining 8 per cent copper, 3.85 per cent cobalt and 3.1 per cent
nickel, and 4% lead. They make from 10 to 12 tons daily. They are
storing it, there being no sale just at present. The only .use so
far for cobalt is for paint and pottery coloring and that which I
shall use in my battery. I have some of the Missouri concentrate
109
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which is offered to me lower than the Canadian, which is 65 cents
per pound of cohalt, hut the handling of so much copper and lead
“bothers me, and X would much prefer to buy arsenical ores like your
sample. I would not like to go into mining, as I know nothing about
it, hut would like to purchase a regular supply of ore. Both samples
are satisfactory, and I can. work them easily.
The president of the Canadian Copper Co. mentioned to me
the existence of a large cohalt deposit in Oregon, which I presume
is your mine .
Any other information you want I will give, and which you
can depend upon, as I have not adopted .the modern methods of doing
business.
Yours very ti
August 4, 1905 ,
J. W. Van rater.
I will purchase fifty tons of arsenical cobalt ore, guaran¬
teed to o on tain not loss than three hundred thirty six pounds metallic
cobalt per ton of 2240 lbs., delivered on dock Mew York City within
ninety days from date, for which I agree to pay forty \five cents per
pound for the metallic oobalt contained therein, no allowance to be
made for any other metal contained in the ore.
In case the contents of cobalt falls below fifteen For oent
metallio, Edison shall have the right to reject the ore. ,'iPayment to
be made in cash on delivery at New York. The assay of the oobalt to
be made both by Ledue and Pickets and Banks
P. S. It is understood that my agent is W. H. Jacobs, 4 Warren Street,
New York.
lit
August 4, 1905.
J. V/. Van Meter:
I shall probably need about 150 pounds daily 0f cobalt
KOtal for the oo,dng year, and in addition about 125 to 100 lbs.
for the European factories, and shall be pleased to purchase ores
containing cobalt if they are satisfactory a| to quality
2l£L
118
Andrew S. Me Creath & Son,
121 Market St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Dear Sirs:
Replying to yours of the 7th inst., beg to state that the
samples which I sent you several days ago, marked Hos. 3, 4 and 5
I would like to have you assay for cobalt and nickel.
Yours truly,
Aug. 9, 1905.
John W. Dixon, Esq.,
733 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 7th inst., I beg to state that I
have no process
for treating copper ores.
Yours truly,
Aug. 11, 1905.
j'.Ie ch an a o shui-g , Pa .
Dear Sir:
fours of the 5th inst. also the 2 bbls. of ore received..
-Ivwh
I am testing the ores and will let you know in 6^s*^ a short Eh£&s what
I can do. I shall want to know if things' look favorable , what arrange¬
ments can he made ho tween Logan and yourself, as to delivery, price
of the ore at the pit mouth, taking it as it comes hut not falling
below 35^ magnetic ore at rate of 75 tons daily at first.
Yours truly,
0
Aug. 11, 1905,
H. E. Dick, Esq. ,
Marenisco, Kich.
My Dear Dick:
Yours of the 1st received, replying to same wish to say tha-
I am getting on 0. K. Hew test cells stand the hot test 224 times
and no change, while the old cell goes to pieces in 100 runs. Cell
equivalent to E18 will give 225 to 230 amperes on long charge. Weight
will, he about 45 lbs. per H. P. hour.
Yours truly,
Aug. 11, 1905.
\
William B. Sloane, Esq.,
TS3ra Court,
Lenox, Hass .
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 4th inst. received, replying to same wish tc
aay that 1 am progressing so well that I have decided on the final
model, and I am getting ready to manufacture in the fall.
The new standard cell is very much reduced in weight and
all the troubles due to leaky cans, swelling of the nickel pockets,
which latter was our main trouble, brought out in practice, have bee:
eliminated. We made 14000 cells of the first type and the experiei
gained from the use of these cells by the public have enabled me t<
rv. We are all right now and our reward will corn
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Y/estinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co,,
10 Bridge St., Hew York.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 11th inst., I heg to state that I
am completely and ahosolutely through with gold concentrating, now
and forever, amen, I return you herewith your letter as per your
re quest . Yours trulY>
Enc .
Aug. 14, 1905.
Hr. Sydney Jessop Robinson,
c/o Y/m. Jessop & Sons,
Sheffield, England.
Bear Sir:
Allow me to thank you very much for your kind invitation
to the Cutlers' Eeast on Thursday October 12th, 1905, but very much
regret to say that it will be impossible for me to attend.
Yours truly,
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North American Lead Co.,
Columbus, 0.
Lear Sirs:
I have been working on the sample sent me and think I can
work it all right, except that I can not save all the Nickel and
Cobalt without going to considerable more expense. The copper
bothers some, but I do not lose much of it. As to the lead, I
eliminate it but at some additional expense. Could you give me an
approximate price per unit of Nickel, Cobalt and Copper, S’. 0. B.,
New York in carload lots? Is there a liability of the mesh and
quality of the concentrate varying, as I find that my losses would
be large if the amount of Cobalt and Nickel diminished?
truly,
Aug. 14, 1905.
Herbert E. Reinart, Esq.,
Alburtis, Pa.
Dear Sir:
I beg to advise you that the sample sent has been assayed
and is not the material we are after. Send all kinds of rock, slate
clay and black material. It may possibly be that by digging below
the muck, in some swamp you can find the material we want, it is
sometimes called bog manganeese, possibly long swamp has it.
We found a little sample in Henson's mine on the hill.
Number your samples and keep account of the numbers.
Yours very truly,
Director of Bureau of Mines,
province of Nova Scotia,
Halifax> Nova Scotia.
Slr; „ * „ of Mr Mi.« I -it. you «. *»«**
ful in your province. the different
Mr. Edison desires samples of the wad
+o date data conoeming deposits.
deposits, also detailed an up lbl we shall he
Tf vou will send these as soon as possible,
-i g 8hould he sent hy express collect to
greatly obliged. The samples should
Edison Laboratory , Orange, N. J-
Aug. 15, 1905.
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
I
Girard Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pear Sirs:
I heg to enclose you herewith receipt from Mr. Mallory for
$260.00, also my check for $6,000.00, making a total of $6,250.00.
Kindly place same to my credit, and greatly oblige,
.yours truly,
Au&. 15, 1905.
K. M. Turner, Esq.., Pres.,
Hutchison Acoustic Co.,
114 West 32nd Street, >T.
Y.
Bear Sir:
Having no farther use for the Aooa.tloon I ■» retnrning
as soon
found.
Yours truly.
\
I Au^/l6, 1905.
J. P. Morgan & Co.,
23 Wall Street,
New York.
Dear Sirs:
Your favor of the 15th inst. addressed, to Mr. Edison came
he
duly to hand, replying to same 1 beg to state that^ias left with hi
family on an automobile trip and will not he hack until about the
1st of September. On his return your letter will be placed before
him. Yours truly,
Secretary.
August 31,1905.
Messrs. J.P. Morgan & Co.,
New York, N.Y.
Gentlemen
Your favor of the 15th Inst, was duly received
hut I have delayed answering the same, owing to the absence
of ny attorney, who has charge of the contract matter with
Messrs. Morgan, Harjes & Company. I am writing them today,
explaining fully the situation.
Yours very truly,
August 31,1905.
H.H. Harjes, Esq.,
o/o MeBsrs. Morgan, Harjes & Co.,
31 Boulevard Haussmann,
Paris, Prance.
Dear Mr. Harjes:-
Your favor of the 14th inst. has been
received, enclosing copies of letters of Pebruary 7th and
April 13th, from your father. 1 also received the letter of
Pebruary 7th last from your firm, both in Prench and English;
and also the elaborate scheme for the foraiatioii of the Prench
Company proposed by your Notary. Messrs . J.P. Morgan & Company
have also written me regarding these letters. X was firmly of
the belief that I had acknowledged receipt of all of your let¬
ters, but as i find that this is not the case I am sorry that
you have been disturbed in any way. I recall now that when
your letter of Pebruary 7th came to hand with the long document
relating to the Prench Company, X turned them over to my Attor¬
ney, with the request that he look into the matter and give me
his views as to your scheme and ae to the differences between
the plan outlined by you, and that proposed in my original offe
158
H.H. Harjes, Eso - 2.
of November 2nd, 1904. Here the matter seems to have rested,
due largely to his absence, but as 1 was extremely busy in
making some important endurance tests of the battery , I did not
consider it necessary to exercise any haste with regard to the
formation of the French Company. When these tests are complet¬
ed, and 1 expect to have them finished shortly, and I am absolute¬
ly certain about the battery, X will be prepared to move right
ahead with the French Company and to move rapidly. I should
say, however, that the scheme outlined by your Notary does nat,
in my opinion, embody substantially the original proposition
made by me and before the matter of the French Company can be
definitely settled between us, it will be necessary to have a
more simple scheme evolved which shall correspond at least
approximately, and certainly as regards important details, with
my original proposition. I still do not see why the proposition
originally suggested by me. cannot in its substantial outline
at least, be made a basis for exploiting the battery in France.
Yours very truly.
154
August 31, 1905.
Chas. F. Berlcey, Esq.,
Tobyhanna , Penna. ,
Dear Sir:
The sample taken by Bush is of fair quality . You had
better arrange with Bush to spend Fifty dollars, making test pits to
determine the area of the deposit and depth; so you can calculate how
much there is to be had and also to get an idea how much per ton
you could contract with me to mine and deliver to the railroad.
Send bills weekly to me at laboratory and I will send check.
The Shulls Springs and Trout Stream samples are also the right
kind. Tell Edward Bush to forward sample by mail.
I have an idea that the low lands and swamps up there contain
large quantities.
Yours very truly,
155
D. 33. Hensinger, Esq.,
Alhurtis, Penna. •
Dear Sir:
The Ludwig manganese is hestjthe Saul next. You may spend
fifteen or twenty dollars a week for the next month in investigating
the mang anes'e .send hill to me and will send check.
Send a twenty five pound sample of the Ludwig and also Saul
manganese hy express. Also make estimate after you have found the
stuff in quantity what you could deliver it at station for per ton.
Yours very truly,
August 31, 1905.
Charles \V. Roepper, Esq.,
Metallurgist,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Dear Sir:
In the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, your father speaks
of a deposit of Cobalt ,;ferous manganese wad located near Alburtis,
Pa., can you give me the exact locality? I have found wad at several
places near Alhurtis but not in the quantity indicated by your father
who said there was a large deposit.
Yours very truly,
im
September 1,1905
The Edison Portland Cement Company,
Girard Trust Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen:--
Pursuant to the understanding reached between the
Company and myself, and embodied, 1 believe, in a resolution of
the stockholders, I beg to inform you that I will take immediate
steps to obtain, if possible, patents in Mexico on such of the
important features of the Cement Plant as can be obtained in that
country, having due regard to the requirements of the Mexican law
precluding the patenting of inventions made public elsewhere.
When such patents are obtained, 1 will execute assignments of
the same to The Edison Portland Cement Company, the understanding
being that in the event of actual manufacture in Mexico, the same
royalty shall be paid to me under the Mexican patents as is now
to be paid under the United States patents.
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O
S. "Bergmann, Esq..,
13-32 Oudenarder Str.,
Berlin Hi, Germany.
My dear Bergmann:-
Your favor of July 28th ha. loon received,
enclosing proposed d»ft agreement betneen W»«lf «*
Deutsche Edison- Acoumulatoren Company ‘h0“li
lo made a Uttlo oloarer on some points.
in the first sootion, it should Is mads ol.ar that
the patents refold to ar. those relating to storage batteries.
j„ the second section, the *rds "Baited States
currency" should he inserted after "cents", so as to male it
certain «h.t the contract refer, to. In this section, it "
also he -do clear that the si* per cent dividend is an annual
dividend. The agreement should also provide that th. distrilu-
awe after the end of each and evety ~
per the purpose of distribution there should be an annuli ao-
. , f tte business done by the company in each year, sue
counting of th. b >c0„„,t.„t. in accords, 1th
aooountine » b. — ^ , inl.„4 to ehang. the
the requirements of the Oenmm lan.
S. Bergmann, Esq. -
construction of the battery somewhat, so that for the proposed
new cells the royalty arrangement would not fairly apply, and I
have therefore modified this section so that it applies to the
capacity of the new cells as compared with the present type. In
other words, I will get a royalty of sixty (60) cents on cells
having the same maximum capacity as the present type Edison
cells of 18 plates, 24 pockets per plate.
In the third section, paragraph 3, after the word
"transfer", the words "or in any way impair" should he inserted,
in order to agree with my original proposition of September
30th, 1904.
In the sixth section, the words "through any account¬
ants appointed for that purpose" are superfluous. My proposi¬
tion of September 30th, 1904, provided "that the books of the
company shall at any time be open to inspection by me or my
assigns -on reasonable notice".. What the accountants do, is to
make an examination of the books annually and report on their
condition and on the strength of this report, the distribution
of excess profits is made. I understand that under the German
law, these accountants are appointed by the Courts and that
interested persons cannot appoint them.
The last paragraph is not very clsar and should be
amended, and furthermore, should provide that in the event of a
termination of the contract, the licenses shall terminate.
In order to make my position entirely clear to you,
I beg to enclose a re-drafted agreement, which embodies my ideas
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S. Bergmann, Esq. - 3.
In this draft, I have also included the German, Austrian and
Hungarian patents, and the German and Austrian applications.
All of my Hungarian applications have now been patented, "but of
course more will follow in the future. Dyer has submitted these
lists to Messrs. Brandon Bros, of Paris, for the purposes of
verification, in order that we may he entirely certain to in¬
clude everything.
Yours very truly,
its
G. A. Longnecker, Esq.,
Mechanic sburg, Pa.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 30th ult. regret to say that after
making many trials I can not get the phosphorous and sulphur low
enough to get a Bessemer price, and without I could do this I do
not want to go into it. I think the way you should work the mine
is to get a magnetic oobing machine , same as used hy V/harton at
Hibernia Mines in New jersey. You could dump everything in and raise
your ore 6 to 8 points and get a much better price, and the ore would
be one inch and less, and not fine.
Send me a bill for the cost of labor, etc. in getting the
sample barrels and 1 will forward check to cover.
Yours truly,
119
Mr. J. P. Morgan Jr.,
22 Old Broad St. ,
London, E. C., England.
My Bear Sir:
Yours of the 22nd of August received, replying to same
wish to say that the cells are on endurance test and so fat; they are
fine, hut wish to run them longer before I go ahead. Will let you
know.
Yours truly,
Messrs. Benton, Bunn & Boultbec,
20 King St., E.,
Toronto, Canada.
D6ar bir2" Yours of the 7th received, replying to same wish to say
..at the decision is very disjointing . * associates have now
withdrawn their support, as they fear politics up there interferes
with business, so I will be compelled to sacrifice *11 *ave Pa a
and abandon further attempts.
Association of Edison Illuminationg Companies,
10th & Sansom Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pear Sirs: ^
. nf* f'hp f iv6 copies of "Edison!
I “beg to acknovaedge receipt of the rw v
shipped as per your letter of the 31st uX«-
. vo1ir kindness in sending me
Thanking you very much for y
, I remain ,
Yours truly,
Ewald Stulpner , Esq..,
Port Myers, Ela.
•pear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 16th tilt., X ™>«ld advise that
you go ahead and huild a new fence on the road and between the two
properties, also renew the wire to keep Hyacinths out.
Yours truly,
Mr. A. G. Kice, Chief Clerk, \ f
U. S. Kept, of Agriculture, ]/
Washington, D. C.
"" ^Heplying to youre - tB. « — ~ - — ‘“l 1
_ no aagnettte o,. Band, But tf you -11 to —
”t Benry H. V. Be ,IU douBtle.ely Bay. 3= - »*«
Henry ore .nipped. It 1. pure «W.tite and Beantamly cry.ta
ized. Yours truly, .
Commissioner of Mining,
State of Oregon.
. J learn tBat OoBalt Ba. Been found and ie ».*, <»
«. state of Oregon. Can you git. » ~ P-loulare and tne addr
Of the owners or miners of the property.
V/Mivn ■Roffoectfully ,
Sept. 9, 1905.
John Woolcock, Esq.. ,
Cold Springs, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
Please go around your vicinity and take samples about 1 lb.
each of every kind of rock you can find: Slate, Slate with Iron
Pyrites in all varieties of Slate, Quartz with Pyrites, all kinds
of colored Limestone and Limestone with Pyrites, and in fact every
kind of rock. Where the body of rock is 10 to 15 ft. wide chip off
enough every few inches to make a pound. Put each sample in separate
bag and mark with a number inside and out and keep a record of your
numbers, so if I find what I want you can go to the exact spot.
I am trying to find cobalt for my new battery. I have found,
some in Hew Hampshire and the Berkshire Hills, but it is very low
grade. If you can find a deposit I will make it interesting for you.
yours truly, - >
Sept. 11, 1905.
A. Velzer, Esq..,
Evansville, Ind,
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 4th inst. received. It is hard to say what
is the best basis. I suppose that the first experiment should, he
the amplification of the record on the phonograph.. I once tried
experiments with a lone lever, and running the phonogram slow and
followed the trank of the end of the lever with a pencil held in my
hand so the lever would have no work to do, I used the word "Hello",
hut I never could get two records alike. I think if a mirror was
put on the lever and photografhic processes used, one would get a
perfect record, provided the phonograph was run so there would not
he more than 1 or 2 vibrations per second. To do this the phono
would have to he run through a double worm, me diaphram will record
and reproduce perfectly « the record is not loud. . Ihe moment you
try to get it as loud as our present records there is distortion of
the record, due to momentum of the moving mechanism.
Yours very truly,
dfdv. ’ * -
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C. E. Mitchell, Esq.,
Spokane, Wash.
pear Sir: for
mat can you furnish the ore/l. »• »• »•» Yorl!' f3r
of nickel Old Cohalt? mo pre.ont price of oraonloal ore at Cobalt
Station, Canada la 65 oente per pound of Cobalt, Nickel IS cents
per pound, Arsenic on. cent. Ibis is for the non amentiferous ore.
Ibe ore varies from 10 to 15 per cent Cobalt, 6 to 10 per
cent Nickel. If I can beat these prices and can obtain a regular
Bupply, I am ready for business. How high a grade can you Ship?
You will find a full account of the Canada Cobalt Silver mines in
the latest Geological report. of_Can.da, with Prices, freights and
a.s.r‘msy“p^t'o"M fiiVing large bodies of Cobalt and Nickel
with and without silver. The Silver deposits are the one. worked
generally, the ore run. in many ea... fro. 100 to 050 pound of
native silver per ton. Has your mine any considerable ,»antlty
of „re, I received a .ample of an arsenical Cobalt ore, not contain
i„g Nickel , which run. aim per cent Cobalt. The broker who offered
the mine for sale lives in Salt laM City. He stated that there was
fro, ,000 to ,000 ton. in sight. It occurs in a slaty formation
and fro. the looks of the ...pie, I have reason to believe he ha.
*ed H. wants to sell the mine, whereas I only Want
not exaggerate . , undcrstacO mining
„ ■ nnntract for a regular supply-
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and am pure would make a failure of it. I Relieve that the mine is
some where in either Washington or Oregon, hut I can get no informa¬
tion from him. Can you give me a clue so I may correspond with the
owners with a view of getting ore? - ^
Yours very truly.
Sept. 11, 1905.
X, . Noonan Jr.,
Otter Elver, Mass.
"" S": K.piyins « ,00,0 of t>e « inet., « *«
. net in tfce «« - a Pi»»t in year State. Tnnrfcinp. yen
calling m attention to the property. I retain,
0
Yours truly,
i '
Sept. 11, 1905.
. S. Mallory, Esq.., V. P.,
Edison Portland cement Co.,
Make estimate of cost of a power station of reinforced
concrete, roof, floor and all, with necessary power for full capacity
of mill say 7500. bbls., using upright Allis (800 H. P., costs for
engine and dynamo $22,000) This will give you idea as to cost of
H. V., it dont include condenser, also copper to connect to mills
and steam piping water from 'boi:i-er house. - &
Also two more rolls in fine grinder. We to take away
dynamo in fine grinder. The cost of extending 132 roller feed and
everything necessary. Also kiln building with two roasters complete
with longer waste clinker conveyor, extension 125, etc.
Possibly moving and fixing up coal blower house on No. 1
blower if necessary to get 5000 bbls. daily and all other things
that is necessary for 5000 bbls, daily or 130,000 bbls. month. War
it pretty close , but sure .
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September 12,1905
Theron I. Crane, Esq.,
Girard Trust Bldg.,
.year ox.' •-
In .ce.rd.nc « the te»o of «>s »«■*•>
tween dated heeler Id, 1900, I be8 to notify yo» that the
Edison Portland cement Co.p.ny ha. prodno.d an «•»«• of »re
than 1500 barrels of Portland cent per chine W durine the
pant three consecutive nonths and has, therefore, bspm to
ufacture esment in oo—roial quantities, as defined by .aid
contract. The period of one year in which yon can .were ee
your option to acquire the three-thousand share, of etodh of the
Edison Portland Cement Company , now held in trust for P
“.a by the West had Trust . 0- «-» “
to run fro. ths dats of tbs r.osipt of this lotter by y .
Kindly acknowledge receipt hereof.
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Grout Bros. Automobile Co.,
Orange > Mass.
Dear Sirs:
Your favor of the 11th Inst, with sketch enclosed came
duly to hand, and in reply to same I enclose you herewith 2 new blue
prints.
We are sending you by express, prepaid 2 taps and one sleeve
guide for tapping axle, and would ask that they- be returned when
you have completed the necessary work on which they are to be
used.
Yours truly,
United States Consul,
La Paz, Bolivia,
Souui Amev
Dear Sir:
Can you procure for me any government
ological reports on the minerals of Bolivia? I
ores are quite plentiful in Bolivia. You would
if you could give me the address of a reliable -
would look into the matter of obtaining data as
price and freight rates on Cobalt ores.
Yours truly,
geological or miner-
understand Cobalt
also much oblige
ore merchant who
to the supply,
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United. States Minister,-
City of Mexico,
Mexico .
Slr: X „ouid ~ry -* t. ^ '
0B ffie Mineral resource* of Mexico. I ae.ire to learn « °re o
OoOal. U fowa in Mexico , .Me Piece •»* »»«•• « *“
w wi.= to oMtain date for a co-.rclal .r„e»o.io». .
Yours truly, .
231
Sept. 18, 1905.
Gapt. 0. W. Miller,
Edison, N. J. '
Dear Sir:
Collect about 5 lbs. of old tailings from different parts
of the dump, also 2 or 3 lb. of rook v/here it shows green copper
like color, also collect l/2 lb. of each kind of rock found up there.
Do not take it all from one place, but chip off pieces of the same
jelnd of rock from different places to make up the l/2 lb.. Put each
in small cotton bag and note in bag where found. Box or bag the
whole in big bag and send by express. Tie the little bags so ore
does not get mixed.
I understand Tom Lang is Engineer at the Zinc Works,
he is quite a Mineralogist. Y/hen you get time tell him I am after
Cobalt and that 1 got a sample of Manganeese Wad from Eranklin that
was quite strong, and if he knows where the deposit is, to send me
samples of all kinds of pyrites and rocks, and I will assay them
for Cobalt, and if I find anything will be able to do business with
"him.
Yours truly,
rs. Denton, Dunn « Boultbe<
yours of the 15th received. Ky people can not understand
why in view of . the custom in vogue of permitting delays in payments,
even now recognized hy the Department in their notice to all parties
to come forward and pay up, why we should he singled out for giving
an object lesson, especially in view that one local guide employed
hy us proved treacherous, also in vi ew of the fact that we were not
like ordinary prospectors in respect to finding ore, we relying
entirely on the needle and diamond drilling to make our discoveries.
I was in negotiation for a 2500 ft. diamond drill to do some deep
drilling at Blezzard, where we put down a number of holes some 1000
ft. deep and found nothing. It was our idea that this form of
prospecting would he encouraged, and lulled into a sense of security
by a custom long in vogue .of deferred payments acquiesced in hy the
Department, and which we respected in our prospecting. We did
not pay promptly because there was no evidence of ore, except the
needle in 9 out of 10 places, and in the best place not 20 feet area
of stained rock. I helieve the department is correct in stopping
this abuse of deferred payments and tieing up the land, but my people
think they have received unjust treatment in view of the custom in
vogue, and they fear politics interferes in Canada the same as it
•C ata&d; *-'• 't! j,
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does in this Country, consequently withdraw.
Some day I hope personally to settle the question if there
is or is not ITickel deposits away from the contacts and very deep
_ Yours very truly,
down .
Sept. 19', 1905.
Foote Kineral Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bear Sirs:
Can you furnish ». 1th lA »•' °£
nr chloritio Slats, Clay Slat.,' Mica BdSt., Serpentine, Augite,
Oillyene and yarietie. of the a—,' and’Woi. roch. ep.hen °£ »■
cnlugid irorh.. I already hay. a ooll.oti.n of dneiee and sr.nit.e
YouPb truly,
Sept. 25,1905.
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Sept. 26, 1905.
P. L . Y/arren, Esq.,
o/o Congress Consolidated Mines Co., Ltd.,
Congress, Ariz.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 20th inst., heg to state that
Cohalt does not always color the crucible. Cohalt is more generally
distributed than is generally believed. I am finding it out in one
case out of six in certain parts of Re w York, Pennsylvania and
Maryland, from samples sent in by operators, but so far just below
paying quantities. I know of the Canadian, but the ore is cornered
by a Trust.
I remember Kennan and also Geo. Everett, who was an
operator at Korwalk .
Yours truly,
l
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Theo. B. Starr, Esq,,
Eadison 8q., West,
Kindly charge lira. Lewis Wilier, Oak l’lace, Akron, Ohio
with Pearl & Liamond Ding §70.00, August -23, 1905, and deduct same
from my account;, and oblige,
F. S. Send "bill direct to her for the above.
I
\y E Sept. 29,1
Vim. K. Bobertson, Bsq.,
3137 Lucas A ve . ,
St. Louis, j'o.
Dear Sir:
Ym„ of tie 25 th received. Karine nothine further « <
Wlth the manufacture of Incandescent lamps, would you «
0-ra»l..« with «-s O.ner.1 meotrlc Co. of Harrison, ». 2. «*
place this matter before them,
yi' Yours truly,
263
Sept/'M, 1905.
X,. Hewitny , Esq., |/
729 Coop.er Bldg.,
Denver, Colo.
xar sir! w * * 25t, - — “ -zzrxz
««. - - » —> — —
..ii * «* «-—“*• 'b,° “0 80 „ „<* «■ - «
yo<ie.t»=pllo»»''““d'e*y<'"rI,rl°
send a man to loofc it over. there is a
ln UP 1
rolo hut nothing seems to hav
0— — “ — 7 0 otMr c-11 —
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x use some Cobalt i . and he free
.. that I can v/ortc myself ana
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from paying Dlg y
and I .111 **uuif“r C0’”lt-
Yours
truly,
John Morris, Ssti. ,
Hotel Hitshue,
Reistertown, Kd.
Hear Sir:
Some of your bags have no numbers on outside and your
initials are very indistinct. Get good stencil or cut one yourself
and see that initials and numbers are bold and black. Be sure and
make full, notes of place where sample taken; one of your samples has
a fair amount of Cobalt and will let you know soon how much. Be sure
and sample all varieties of country rock as well as mines and mine
dumps. She counter will not be necessary if you guess closely at
mileage and note position by a fence, house or barn, and about the number
feet from some object, no your notes will be full enough to permit
you to relocate without any doubt, any sample. You might note where
sample is from a mine, etc., who the owner is and if the outcrop is
exposed. The character of foot and hanging wall, width vein or miner¬
alized part,. how long it goes on the strike, etc
Yours truly,
P. s. We only take l/4 of each piece
so 3/4 of the rock is saved.
in the bag 'and crush this
Sept. 30, 1905.
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Oct. 2, 1905.
S. S. Smith, Esq.,
Garland, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Only send pieces about Walnut size, one of each kind. Tie
the number to the peice with a 3tring and pack box or bag so sam¬
ples will not rattle. Look out for dark pyrites as the dark variety
of arsenical pyrites generally contain cobalt . The weather on the
surface staining the rook a peach blossom color, and this is almost
a certain indication of Cobalt.
Yours truly,
OotoBer 2, 1905.
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D. B. Riser, Esq.,
Rendalia, Ala.
Bear Sir:
Should line mere samples. Cobalt occurs some «»"» ln
Hite and yellcw write. In conneotion with Sulphur, tut .ore gen¬
erally in very dark write, containing areenlo. The -weather s.me-
time a deeomposes the. and the reek ha, a pe.eh hlo.eo» eeler. Send
chunks about the alee of a walnut of each kind of rock, put a number
WUUUW auwwu -
on each well secured by a string, then put then all in a little bow
or bag and forward by mil. Consult the postmaster »= to the best
way
Should any of your samples be found to show a Mr a»ount
of cobalt will notify you so you can secure for yourself a. option
from owners of land, then I will inve.tig.te, - if satl.fantory
we will do some Business.
Yours truly,
Tiv?
H. IT. V/ilson, Esq.,
Harleyshurg, Ont.,
please collect a lot of series ,1th Cobalt Hoorn. I ■»
.ending out samples of or. of Cobalt to different parties so they
Sill to„ Shat to looh for and I a. short of Coh.lt Bloom, fh.
samples can he thin l/8 to l/4 aim. and lA -* spnare. Os. a
couple of pounds.
you better send a eener.l sample of the eap.eed reel.
Campbells lot, as - hare very delioate tested conld eh.n if «
traces of cobalt, by sir line. fro. any point sample. —
east, west, north and south, and th.y shored more and more Cobalt <
^ reoesded of approached a certain point, it mould indicate
flbat direction to look for the vein. ^ _
Yours truly.
Chas. H, DearicV-.-Eeq,. ,
Covington, Va.
Having already employed a man for i
tised, I return, you herewith your photograph
Yours truly,
for the position as adver-
Prank T. Wyman, Esq.,
Manchester, Vt.
Pear Sir:
Replying to your, of the 12th of Sept, in regard to po.ltlo,
heg to .tat. that I .ill giro ir™ ■ ”“«>*
„rt, .tarting »t *lS.°° P" <"=“ « »»“ "»*'* ','i'0re 0°*°Mr ,tt’
Yours truly,
286
Harleysburg, Ont.,
Canada.
Dear Sir :
I am at a loss to know the "best policy regarding Cobalt,
jiy present impression is that if there is a likelyhood of discovering
more deposits up there, that I better not do anything. Next year
there will be about ten times more Cobalt for sale than there is a
market for, consequently the prices will all go to pieces. Those
who have only Cobalt will make nothing, as the Silver bearing company
people will be able to sell their Cobalt for a song, if they get a
good price for the Silver. Regarding the Campbell proposition, as
you say he has only 12 days, it is entirely too short a time to do
anything.
You better get samples of all kinds of rock around the Co¬
balt area, Ditrlte, Diabasi, Calcite, Slate, etc., also of wall
rock and or%, and locally of all known deposits as well as owners,
and the i_r address, so next spring I will be able to know all the
mine ft and to whom I can get ore from. Mr.t shipment of samples
JTfeoeived.
Yours truly,
MBBBB
Oct. 4, 1905.
H. K. Wilson, Esq.,
Canada .
Dear Sir:
The Leith people have offered me their mine and 40 acres
for $75,000.00 cash. They dont seem to have enough faith to spend
a little money to prove up vftiat they got. VJhat is your opinion as
to the comparative value of the Leith and the Green as to Cohalt,
quantity and prospects. I would go $25,000 for a Cohalt mine if it
showed up a reasonable amount of Cohalt, hut not more as there is
going to he a tremendous glut of Cohalt next year and total known
consumption not over 250 tons anually.
Tasses minerals only show traces of Cohalt and is S. G.
for us. . ;
Yours truly,
2nd lot of samples received.
Bhat ft*bout Cobalt? Can you ±et m
You never answered iny last lette
ill prepared to take care of me,
■ mercies of a glutted Cobalt ore
Yours truly,
318
D. B. Ely, Esq. ,
5 Nassau St.,
New York.
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 5th inst. regarding automobile passenger
service in I'ontclair received. As I am generally at ray Laboratory
every day, would be pleased to have you call to talk matters over.
Before coming I would advise you to telephone so as to be sure that
I am here. Yours truly.
Oct. 6, 1905.
J. L . Eredericks, Esq.,
Sec. Outing Club,
Harrison, N.- J.
„„ sir; Yours .of th. 5th that. resardin8 th. a.*t Outin* t. he
Mld Oct. a. 1905 rao.iv.d, ropiyins to s»o .1* to .ay that
it i. at all J.0..1WL., I ™doayor to h. pro.eht.
Yours truly,
Oct. 9, 1905.
Milan, Erie Co.,
». Edison Ban turned over to ». « deed for none property
Which he h>s purohnsed in Mil™, for m to have it rsoorded. As I
do not know Where to .end »»»., if you onn give « any infomation
to When, and where it should he ad. reseed, it will he very much appr
Secretary.
9, 1905,
te that the
on and mental
35'rank
.onoint
;ion regarding Col
idsratanding.
come to any "business ui
the Toronto news of KQJ
tion on the market pos:
is the retail price to
of the yearly contract
,5, you will get a lot of informa-
>alt. -Regarding nickel, 40 cents
aners, a price greatly in excess
large consul*
Yours
Oct. 10, 1906.
Dear Sir:
Dr. W. Gill Wylie,
28 W. 40th St . ,
I understand our people are figuring with you for a lot
of Portland Cement. The present prices are below the cost of
actual production, so you have struck the proper moment for "buying.
If you close with our people, I want you to specify that "before
shipment a test "beam shall, be made with the actual concrete mixture,
as used in practice and of the same character as put up at Atlantic
City, which beam shall be put up at the Works and tested to destruction
in your presence, or any one you desighate, and that the strength
shall be satisfactory to yourself. If you desire we will also make
test beams of any other brdnd of cement you may furnish us, and
with whom you are figuring, all at our expense. Whatever the beam
shOWB, we "Will guarantee to furnish cement of the same character.
These test beams give the cement k chance to tell its own
story, and they will sihbw our statements correct. ^
Yours truly, jj|
-
L. C. ^Wf SMm
PrQ(| Ad**®8 Express Co.,
^roadway, S'- Y*
My Dear
tfha reason j -can not produce "batteries is that I have been,
and am ^ gr^atly delayed in getting ray buildings and machinery
ready, to have some ready in midwinter. This country is
too 4^ prosperous, «very shop is full of orders and I can't get
anythl^Lnc v/ithin 3 months of the time of ordering. Have you
ordered ^ *Hb*a»*t Sou promised before you closed, that I should
haT® a <W>«* t° criticise the drawings. There are certain things
about th re<7*Ptacle ?°r 'tJre "batteries that I want carried out in
tue * ' -^at viH tend to a very dong l«e to the batteries.
I honest!^ 1 ttan deXi"rer a reasonal3le amount °f tatterieB
* »ai you ixave the vehicles ready? -Are you going down
tt> the
Oct. 10, 1905.
H. M. Wilson, Esq* i
Haileybury,, Ont.,
Canada.
Iiear Sir:
I am willing to gamble one thousand dollars in two places,
(i..) fe.ooo in ... place «* -other 41,000 in » »°*“W
for l/ard interest', J toe money all t. *. used f«r promoting under
your dlreotlon, Us) you W «■ »°"ey out “eKLy f°r
labor that I » to bate enough Cobalt or. to giy. 10,00 Ibo^ per »
at oL of »ini»8 « *!»!«, toe balance .» O.bult, «.»!, Silver
to be Bold to Others for our mutual account.
Sow Wilson go i»« thins and »« yo"f °™ I**”*"*'
just as if it - youf « «* M,**r ** “ flr*1 "
' in host showing - wait until to, last .mate to Plate to, oooo.
If you want money telegram through Bo.ton to send 41,000 an
.. on Bank Qf Montreal, or such bank as has branch there,
send draft on Bank & nave contracts
In your telegram mention « an . &n ^ re<luire-
with to. people properly dr.™ up, and
- - - — - -
Of the Stuff »ined> see that P
o^toinS -. to toow that it is a worhingjoine— under -to.
Yours .tr-uly,
358
Oct. 11, 1905.
l»r# Albert V. j0hJ*ston, Pres.,
jtolerlc«.n jrickel Worto^
23 Exchange Place, N. Y.
W s6'ri
From my experiments with arsenical ores made years ago, I.
tW"* y°U n0t have s«o0th sailing with the Temeskming ores,
t t~’3riink is plenty 0:' trouble ahead for you yet. I have
r»ur ^ WOrkine °n a procefJs and I only see a little daylight, in
the ^«^ti,ne is there any objection to *>y buying a few tons of ore
r«V °r others. I bought 50 tons from Bolivia, but that
WUi nv* arrlVe i°r SODle tlBle* 1 ha’re been buying oxide from the
*&**<*, paying $2.50, vfcich is a rather rapid encroachment
°* s^ored health- I can not very well leave my experiments to
Tew Yorjj, can’t you COjne out some day when you have 'ennui.
Yours truly, ..——*7
35?
John Lovelock, Esq. ,
Lovelock, ITev,
Dear Sir:
Are you still the owner of some Cobalt ancl Nickel claims,
and do you want to sell2 I am not a speculator but want Hickel and
Cobalt ore. Are you in position to send me a general sample of your
mine, and guarantee that the mine will produce equal to the samples, and
name a real bottom rock price that you will take in cash- 1 want to
deal in an honest way and not have to go through a lot of wild spec¬
ulative statements, send experts and be dissapointed, x have had
enough of that kind of business.
Yours truly, - -
359
J. P. Smith, Esq.,
Wail & Express Co.,
Wew York.
Dear Sir:
On June 19th last there was paid you $200.00 for represe
tation in "Men of Affairs," published by your company, and for vshi
I was also to receive a copy of the book. Having no record of it
ever being received at my office, kindly inform me if has already
been forwarded and if so, where and to whom w as
Yours truly,
it delivered?
tOct. IX, 1905.
Port layers, Pla.
Dear Sir:
I enclose you herewith a letter received from Hr. Philip
Isaacs. Mr. Edison has agreed to loan him the old phonograph at the
Laboratory, and have written him to that effect. As soon as he calls
you can turn it over and see that it is returned after the fair.
Yours truly,
Mr. Philip Isaacs,
Port Myers Press.,
Port Myers, Pla.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 7th inst. received. Begarding the old phono -
grpah for exhibition at the State Pair, beg to state that I have
written my man, Mr. Stulpner at Port Myers and instructed him to le-
vou have the machine when you called.
si
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Cot. 12, 1905.
John Morris, Esq..,
West Minster, Md.
Dear Sir:
you tetter .rite <nm,er of Kemington and icing mine, end **
he .ill tmce tor them, that you Hay. teen iron mining end thin
th.t if you oould get them rea.onahle, you might WoJWopper.
Yours truly,
yPct. 12, 1905.
3 '
X. M. Wilson, Esq.,
Haileybury, Ont.,
Canada.
Dear Sir:
I wrote you yesterday that I would gamble in the two dif¬
ferent prospects to the extent of ($1,000.00) one thousand dollars
each. I write this letter to say that X leave it entirely to your
judgement, as to the properties and the bargain. Do the best you
can in the bargain. Perhaps you better not say anything about giving
the Silver, but buy the proportion of interest outright without any
strings to it, also put in a clause that in case the parties after
having expended the money and shown up Cobalt in mining
that If they do not mine hittin • ShaU “
rl8ht to min. to the extent of one or t.o ten. of *Ki„pl»8 ore daily.
alee if yon can huy the ^ ““ ^
,a ete. m other words protect yourself for the
in the other parts.
i't stop us getting the <
:: r:;: ~ • - *-*- * ir°perty
;et Cohalt if found.
370
H. HIT. Wilson , Esq.,
Haileybury, Ont.,
Canada.
Dear Sir:
Buctaiells mine gives fair OoDalt in the Calcite where low
grade, hie gangue would need crushing and concentration. See how
much interest you could acquire in. the mine, providing you furnish
him from time to time money for developing only the mine to the ex¬
tent of one thousand dollars. The piece you sent which you thought
was Bismuth is Bismuth all right.
Your Bo. SO. The fihroue -tuff in a sort of Born blende,
the rook e.»«ays l/B of one per oout Cohal,, which i. about the earns
a. all the rook, around there eho., and proves that even .her. you
got the sample , there t. a lik.lyhood of Cludlnd a yoin of Cobalt.
Wherever 'you find a elate or other rook outcrop, e.ud Hr
pies and I .ill a.aay. If the oountry rook goes a little higher
than UBUal in Cohalt, you may he sure there i. « vein near.
Also Bee .hat the French Canadian, .ho ha. a claim on
Saaaginega Luke .ill sell - -*.»•* for, if - «« — ’
raent money to extent of 1000 dollars. I think - can do best by
tensing — of money to poor ,«en to.develope their claim,
and pay government fee. for an inter.et in the mine, rather than
U a mine. » - — an interest in several claim, time W
and see that the money .e furnished 1. need solely to dev. ope,
y/f ©-cxva sjot
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'ear Sir: „
X am sending you under separate cove! -
auot* ** —*“»*■« *n,t °MU' ™
,troM. Hard ’Sad* m0Bt C°’°81*"
Yours truly ,
you to recognize it.
>, sample of the Hard
Boehn 8" vein Has
will find it there
This sample will aid
Ralph
B. Myers, ***•»
State Collese. ?a"
ear Sir: of the 12th inet. in
Replying to y industry heg
. al & Hetallursi°al
he Rlectrochem r Rental.
. mfiCtrolytio and.B*P« _
answer to my add i
to state that the
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JOct, 18th, 1905,
S. Bergmann, Esq. ,
23-32 Oudenarder Str.,
Berlin, Germany.
My dear Bergmann
Your favor of the 2nd inst. has
"been received enclosing agreement in duplicate "between
the Deutsche Edison Accumulatoren Company and myself, and
I have signed the agreements and beg to enclose one copy
herewith, retaining the other copy for my own use.
391
H. M. Wilson, Esq. ,
Haileybury, Ont.,
Canada.
Dear Sir:
I think the smelter project will fail. Of all the ores
known, Arsenical, Silver, Cohalt and Nickel ores arc hy far the
hardest to work; they are the despair of the most highly endowed
. metaa.'iaji«<i4-^t . The Nickel Trust have got some of the best men from
Germany, they have been working night _.and its only recently
that with all tllwfeP and knowledge, they have devised a
poor and expensive process to work the ores, and the great.
If expense is entirely regarded there is no troupe to work the ore.
X thl’nk onr present plan of helplns poor prospootor. for «n fnt.rest,
which letter is »o safe dhard.d , that wo shell here e mini,™. »oo»t
of ore »t cost of minine, end so attended that if they fell to work,
we can take our minimum out free of claims. -
Yours truly,
393
-E» 3), Caste rline, J3sq.,
Kennett Square,
Penna.
Dear Sir:
You better quit Chester County, ffe have no luck at all.
J Jiave had. a man down in Carroll County and also near Pinksburg, and
he is setting some very fair results in the mineralized zone, so here¬
after keep in the mineralized helts. Go to the Serpentine Barrens
and after that I shall probably want you to go South frpm Washington
and follow the mineralized belt. I am getting sour on Gneiss Our
best way is to follow contact/a, mineralized belts and Wad. C---
Answer if you understand.
Yours truly,
Qgt. 18, 1905.
ST aril: 35. Stoneman, Esq.,
North American lead Co.,
Columbus, 0.
Dear Sir-:
You are w.rong about the Toro«^ article. You should take
the local paper Te^eakanirf. Ontario. So far there have been dis¬
covered 29 mines’. con fining Cobalt and Nickel, and some with Silver,
but mostly Cobalt, and they are heing discovered at the rate of one
to two per ws->k. Some of them have veins from 3" to 10" of solid
Cobalt ite. The mine owned by the two Professors of the University
of Wisconsin, assay 27 per cent of Cobalt; The Nickel Trust are loaded
up to the muzzle with ore in New York and are buying no more except
on. an old contract, and there is going to be litigation over this.
'fhey have had the best Metallurgist on devising a process to econom¬
ically work, the ores and obtain a high saving. Obey claim now they
have got a fair process, but I have been unable to buy any metallic
Cobalt from them as yet. There is no doubt that these arsenical
or,, are d.op.lr or tW MotolWofe, I W»Xf Peon "«■*»«
.its a.ol'.taoto ... the. and ean not .. jet »*e a U4S
ooou<»i<»13y.^ ^ e^y o»W«rod to the ar.onto.l oroo,
« an* irouPX. roar or., i. to. «ry 1- ’ ™
ZZZ X oan not wort matte. Aa soon aa I set through ok-
: “X .XX «. difforent Adndo of nro, X »UX lW xou
I have used up nearly all of 140, so you better pick stock
pile and sort ore into heavy and light, and send samples , also go
into mine itself and look for hard Wad. Don't forget the Boehn 8"
v
vein, this is higher grade than Ebbew Vale ore and tell me all about
the 8" vein, how long it is, outcrop and what you can do with the
farmer about prospecting and mineral right.
Yours truly,
Arthur M. Beaupre, Esq.,
Arn^r. Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary,
Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
S I R : -
I have been very aftjch annoyed hy extensive
advertising in- the Argentine Republic of a so-called "Electric
Plaster", which is evidently put before the public as one of
njy inventions. Many of these advertisements have reached the
United States and have been brought to ray attention. The
plaster in question mo not invented by me and I strongly ob¬
ject to the use of my name and photograph in connection there¬
with. As a sample of the advertisements in question, I call
your attention to the issue of "Caras y Caretas" of July 15th,
1905, the advertisement appearing on the back of the cover.
Prom this advertisement it would appear that the plasters were
manufactured and sold by Messrs. Bauer & Black, 283 Twenty-fifth
Street, Chicago, Ill., and I therefore brought the matter to the
attention of the Post-office authorities at Washington, and
requested that a fraud order be issued against this concern.
Messrs. Bauer & Black, however, absolutely disclaim any connec-
413
No. 2 Arthur Beaupre, Eaq,.
tion "//< i/i i’ll t? objectionable advertisements and state that it is
a ::■•> .ioo practice in South America for large drug houses deal¬
ing .It-, piasters "to buy them in bulk and attach such printed
matter as they think will best aid them in selling the goods".
Other ad’/iTtiuemcr.tr, to ~u. ich my attention has been directed
and t'-r- in rhich the pi* ate vs arc rice ted state that the
plasters, : -uunsti .,,1 .-.,4 by Messrs. Bauer & Black for
Soldo ti , Cstv. r.ri , <-i>ue &•. Ola . of Buenos Aires, and I presume
this latte;.- sponsible op .viom in the matter. My
purpose, therefor* , ir '■ in- : -r to see whether some¬
thing cannot be do ..Ho Argmr ■ authorities to have this
obj actionable use rune stopped, • only because such use
is object! enable p • . ?.y to me, " rir.cipally because it
Is false and • •' the public must necessarily be im¬
posed upon. l;i if i ted States, an you know, the use of the
mails is prebi ti 1-- . • oncer-. s doing a fraudulent business,
but I dc no c - thin could be dons in South America.
However, I shall v.ry much appreciate any efforts that you may
make in reference to this matter, and am -
419
Howard Edison Miller, Esq., Sec.,
International Syndicate,
Baltimore, Kd.
Bear Sir:
Your letter having "been mislaid otherwise would have
answer you sooner. I an afraid if these newspaper people kept
on with their eulogistic talk, that I shall get a swelled head,
which you are well aware is unbecoming and dangerous.
I thank you very much for sending the article and hope
will make a success of your bureau, which you surely will if you
peg away at it and never let up.
Yours truly,
"olp.oy- wad next to quarts. Give me your opinion as to prospect*
o.f Retting the wad there in quantity. Can you tel} from the direc¬
tion of the vein if it It likely to run over into other farms, also
if it runs straight from its known position either way and extended
across both farms, how long would it he .
You better take option to purchase farm and right to
prospect, paying anything under $50.00 to both farmers, so we can
,o ah.aa and prospect. Teleeraph and I »«»* >»»•* «
x will gamble that much.
43?
#2 R. B. c.
Get enough
supply others with i)ieces,
I mean fanners
who have the prospecting spirit.
T . E.
Agent, Adams Express Co.
Spring Grove, Pa.
Dear Sir:
addressed
Your notice of the 26th to hand,
to John Morris, to West Minster,
Yours truly,
Kindly forward goods
7£aryland, and oblige,
489
John Morris, Esq. ,
West Minster, Kd.
Bear Sir:
I can not get it. clear from your slips who owns the Ebbe-
vale deposit. Please state who owns the property, who leases it, who
work? it, what amount is shipped monthly, price obtained, who buys
it and what use the purchasers make of it? Who are they, what do they
manufacture, also give idea of the amount of different kinds of ore
available . Are the people who are working it making money? What
royalty do they pay? ’That is minimum amount they must pay on prop¬
erty to hold lease? How long does lease run? Is there much ore
in open pit that can be mined without going under ground? Have you
been underground? Is there much ore? How much in your opinion is
there available underground? Give all other particulars , also keep
me informed about Boehn and the other farm, and Josepheus Onderdorff's
place .
Yours truly,
o-&
'oot. 30, 1905.
V/hen you prospect the
see on which side of the
quartz ledge the wad is found. I have an Impression that circulating
waters carried the wad in solution and striking the inpenetratable
quartz seam deposited there. You will probably find it in hunches
along the sides, some places showing scarcely any, while at other
places there will he quite large pockets. There may he pockets
of wad in the soil several feet from the Quartz. I notice that
the wad in the Quartz from Josephus Onderdorff is in the Quartz
itself and was prohahly originally Yanganeese spar. In the samples
from Boehn I did not notice any in the quartz, hut you being on the
ground could notice better.
The Onderdorff and Boehn wads are far superior to Ebbvale,
■but the question is how about quantity.
445
Chamber of Commerce,
Yew York City, Y. Y.
Dear Sira:
I 'beg to acknowledge receipt of invitation for the 137th
Annual Banquet of the Chamber, hut regret to say that owing
the fact that I will he absent from Yew York on Tuesday ITcvemher
21st, 1905 it will impossible for me to accept.
Regretting my inability to he present and thanking you
for the invitation, X remain, truly>
/' Oct. 50,1905.
Warren Davey, Esq.,
Chief Engr. Colgate & Co.,
Jersey City, Y. J.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 24th inst. received. The gentleman who has
charge of the construction of my new concrete building is Mr. H. I.
Moyer c/o Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, Y. J. If you communicate
with him, no doubt he will you all the information you desire.
Yours truly,
// l/V' . ;
John Morris, Esq.,
31, 1905.
West Kins ter,
Tfd,
Pear Sir:
Send description of each number of the Ebbvale samples.
The slips sent have got so dirty, can't read them. Put slip noose
when you tie your hags, my finger nails are all gone picking out
knots, also put your number below your initials, then will not have
to untie bag to see numbers, also make a bend in bag and tie tag in
bend, this keeps tag clean.
Yours truly,
A
P
Oct. 31,1905.
John Morris, Esq.-,
West Minster, v
•d.
Dear Sir:
ITot a trace of Cobalt in Rockdale Powder Co. deposit,
yours truly,
7t Clit tfg.
■VU'ti?
(hirtv
VJiJo t:yy
{yn (wu,/
Caus
iv 'AfOi*j! fpwu*
slyer, the Cobalt
;ly rich
how much
ire of the picked variety could he got. out, as near as you could
uess. You say the title is good on Darby mine. X cun not under¬
hand how they got good title of mining property in, a timber reserve
understand nobody has a right to prospect on a timber reserve, and
hat if they did clandestinely find a deposit, they could get no
atents without permission of the owners of the timber right, and
wia wouid not he likely as mining would endanger the timber by
Yours
4, 1905.
John Korr:
West Minsti
of wad from float, on J
Cohalt. Bei
quartz with spot!
The wad itself has about 2/
,i» can s.t a ohanc. « pro.p.ct and find th. «in to .
Would like about 10 lb . of 140 if
It was first sample sent in from
if it can be got in quantity,
yo.u can find the exact place
Yours truly,
'\JJl£AAn.th
7 ^ 'cAtb
2 lS~0
JJov. 6, 1905,
W. H. Wilson, Esq.
laileybury, Ont,
Canada,
Dear Sir:
Bushnell ore 0. K. for Cobalt. I could’nt deal on basis
of giving five thousand cash and one half of proceeds of sales. At
the present time there is absolutely no market for Cobalt and there
is ’nt likely to be. The Germans have completely dropped out and
the Orford Co. or trust are sick of the vtfiole business. I will
gamble only $10,000 for a fair mine with good tile and pay cash,
and that is all. If 'you think it unlikely that I can not get Darby
Sr. or Jr., or Bushnell, etc. for that, you better arrange to return.
Want you to go down in Southern States, vfcich I have reason to think
have more Cobalt than 10,000 such mines as you have up there.
Yours truly,
1905,
S. Mallory, Esq., V. P
Portland ement Co,
Stewartsville, IT. J
Dear Sir
I am laying out : plain roll and I think I can get oil hath
get power way down probably Ooeff of friction 1 to
14" shaft turned down to 12- inches, every-
.ring and mandril. This
im of bearing and a big
iverflows. I also have a
oiling, if so
50. I do it by using
where except where it passes through bes
gives me a bath 5/8 to 3/4 deep in botti
overflow pipe set up 5/8 to 3/4 so oil <
packing that I think will keep dust out
I am also laying out a n ew bai
will go in any of our housings, that wi,
wheels locked together and new kind sheave
sheaves on hand yet? Got 2 draughtsmen at i
third,
Your:
John Morris
West
which is not the case with Kbbevaj.e ore . * 4..
and ■«* option on mineral right and rl*t to prosit. **
are after magnetic iron ore and manganeese . The ore has 3 fi o
arsenic so its no good for anybody else and that may he reason it
was never worked. How much of a vein is there? How wide and how
l0« ^ you traoe i«. H «* " « *ett'r "
8«i.. »io»s -to »d S.t ««« ^ 11 1°”‘'’>1';.or„10„ir.
THe canoe, are that » „<* prop-rty «*«• roreoL.ur.
and would he glad to get their money hack.
Yours truly,
S. 0. Edison,
Milan, Ohi<
_ Yours Of the 5th inst. received.. Regarding the necessariei
you need for the house, would advise that you make up, a list of
exactly what you re quire, ascertain the cost, also what changes are
necessary for both the house and grounds and give me an estimate
of the cost, forward this information to me at once and I will
advise you how to proceed.
Both the house and furniture are insured, so you will have
to do nothing as far as insurance is concerned.
Yours truly,
E. D. Oasterline, Esq.,
Vesuvius, Va.
Dear Sir :
Your Manganeese Y/ad lTo.597 from Elue Black, Augusta, Co.
has two percent Cohalt. Please see if it is in quantity and how
much could he got. Possibly we may strike a process for working
low grade wad and want all information you can give. Hereafter
mark on card a little more information, stating if small or large
deposit, if probability of plenty being found, also state ownership
if working or not working, and other information. You could mail
a descriptive letter with each bag of sables.
Yours truly,
485
■Tchn ’"orris, Esq. ,
V/ost Minster, j.?d,
Bear Cirs
I will ship needle by express.
So far in your district the wad stuck to the quartz, on
Boehn's place it is the best, the next best is Ebbvale 140, 1st satnpl.
The last 140 is full of rock and tests low. The next is the magne¬
tic vein on the Trust Oo's. property. If this is a big vein it will
probably be the best, as I find it can be concentrated. Casterline
is now in Virginia and is sending wads going You better hurry
the Trust Company samples, etc. so as to be ready to go to Tennessee.
I believe that country is full of wad and we will have no trouble
in dealing with the natives I guess.
Yours truly,
Grout Bros. Automobile Co.,
Orange, Haas.
Bear Sirs:
I find that you can not use foot brake when backing up,,
this I am changing . There was a bad weld in distance rod where it
broke . It has been made too short at first and a piece had been
welded on, also the pin going through the springs, is not more than
3/8, which is too small for people who do not carry a heavy acci¬
dent insurance, this should be 3/4". The bottom of the thread on
distance rod should be same size as diameter of the rod, otherwise
it will always break
have it. The wheel also broke.
S. Bergmann, Esq..,
23 Oudenarder Strasse,
Berlin, Germany.
lly dear . Bergmann:
Yours of the 31st ult. received. We will increase height
of iron pockets to suit increased amount of iron, six grammes
necessary. Please send a test sheet showing the weights of 100
pockets filled by machine, so I can see the variations in weights.
Weigh stuff in each pocket.
Yours truly,
&-
P. S. I send you the weights of the iron in the pockets that you
sent me. You will notice very great variation in the weights. The
was the trouble we had and our filling machine was the result of
the great difficulty of getting even weights. There is no trouble
in getting a good filling machine if big variations are allowable.
We shall want a 6 gramme cake of iron and the variations
Should not be more than 5.750 to 6.250. 5.750 being ihe lowest
in 100 pockets and 6.250 the highest.
JJ’ranl: Denton, jijgq^ ^
20 King Street, E.,
Toron+'°, Canada.
Dear Sir:
1 ^nd you herewith ym.rl
th0 Blmge. J ” th» 1«W Bin.
“ * £e”"‘1 ■*»1> ..looted ,t dirre al"° * Se',<"'“1
*•"* „„ J'™* »««.. >11 Piece. „
*“ *- *“-*•» .1™ d.pp.n 4„ -** o'f
““ ^ree. „lth 0„ ^ ^ ^UO *“ °0l’*lt
ftVe ta"° trled oonceatration of this or * ^ Per°ents-
Y°U WUI 3ee that on account of the i “ ^ ^ t0nS 38tons-
would he impossible to compete with Z 7^ ^ ^ ^ *** “
thS 1S al tog ether unpromis^ sn^2 ^ °°"
to go into. that 1 would not want
Letterbook, LB-073
This letterbook covers the period November 1905-April 1906. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and John F. Randolph. There are also a few
letters by Mina Miller Edison. Included is correspondence with field workers R.
D. Casterline, John Morris, and Horace M. Wilson regarding Edison's search
for cobalt ore, as well as numerous other letters pertaining to his interest in
mines and ores. There are also letters discussing Edison's progress on his
improved alkaline storage battery and his plans to reopen his factory in Glen
Ridge, New Jersey. In addition, there are items relating to the business of the
Edison Portland Cement Co. and to production problems at the cement plant
in Stewartsville, New Jersey. Some letters refer to matters of employment and
to supplies of chemicals and equipment for the West Orange laboratory. One
letter deals with the assignment of Edison’s phonograph patents to the New
Jersey Patent Co. There are also two letters from Edison to Josiah C. Reiff
mentioning Edison's work on quadruplex telegraphy during the 1 870s. Among
the items pertaining to family and personal matters are letters concerning
Edison's diet and sleeping habits, his interest in automobiles, his railroad
investments, repairs and improvements at Glenmont, and the upkeep of his
winter home in Fort Myers, Florida. Also included is a letter to journalist Arthur
Brisbane in which Edison discusses his deafness and relates an anecdote from
his days as a telegraph operator in Louisville, Kentucky.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "T.A. Edison.
Letter Book from Nov. 13 - 1905 to Apr. 1 - 1906." There is an inscription on
the spine with similar information. The spine is also stamped "5." The book
contains 486 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 30 percent of the
book has been selected.
r. Wilson, Fsq. ,
Haileybury, Ont . ,
I :an sending you today a speciman of Mangsneese Wad,
sometimes called Bog Kanganeese . 83,< of all the Cohalt produced
in the World comes from Wad, which is imported from }Tew Caledonia,
the French penal Island near Australia. The ITickel mines are in
the mountains and the wad is dug out of the alluvial soil in the
lowlands. There are more then 100 mines worked hy convicts. The
stuff is found in pockets; 6500 i
sre shipped last year to France
and Germany. It is in this form we are finding it in Maryland,
Virginia and Tennessee . ft just occured to me that there ought to he
lots of it in the swamps or lowland around the Cohalt district. You
it in stream or rivulet i
ning out of swamps, possibly
along the lake and river, in exposed hanks, and well digging and
excavations. From its appearance nohody would think it of any
I send it via Boston.
E. P. Roberts, Esq.,
The Roberts & Abbott Co.,
Scofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of Nov. 6th, which
has remained unanswered owing to my absence and pressure of very import¬
ant work.
I regret very much that my. time is so fully occupied in connection
with my various experiments and business interests that X cannot see my
way to sending you a record of speech to be made to the Electric Club
of Cleveland. This is something that 1 have never heretofore done,
although I have been importuned many times in the past, and I regret,
therefore, that I cannot arrange for the record to be taken in the man¬
ner indicated.
I have referred your letter to the President of the Rational Phono¬
graph Co., with the suggestion that he write you as to the balance of
the communication.
Yours very truly,
9
Grout BroB. Automobile Co.,
Orange, J.'ass.
Dear Sirs:
Voura of the 14th inst. reoe ive<jl; • I have already changed
and made new distance rods, also ‘in changing brakes, so as to he
able to hack up. Am putting on a stronger brake wheel.
rfhe springs were so hopelessly wrong that I am having a
new set made that may have right oscillating time, which I can not
tell until I try them.
Kemember I am not kicking, but wait until I get your oar
to my satisfaction, then I want you to come down and copy the
points.
Yours truly,
10
?riend We ir :
Your engineer Wells cane over here with drawings of the
Lansden wagon exactly as he^makes" it. I spoke of a lot of changes
and he^ also was to make several changes. He said he would have ne\
drawings ready find come over. He has not turned up and I don't
think he ever intends to. I am not so dead slow in sizing up men
and from Wells talk I am convinced you are going to get it in the
neck with the wagons he orders. He is too damned mathematical for
an earthly corporation.
I will help you out on batteries of the first type until
Mr. Can Smith, 3upt. Quarry ,
Ed'i3on Portland Cement 0r>„,
Stewartsville , IT. ,7.
Pear Sir:
I have got a mine containing Cobalt, the vein is Calcite
or Lime about 3 to 6 inches wide in slate, hard slate. It stands
nearly vertical. In the Limestone is a streak of Cobalt pyrites
from one inch to three inches wide, its very heavy and v/orth $200.00
per ton. I propose to work the rock from 3 to 4 feet and cob out
the pyrites, to sink a shaft and have levels. How I want to get a
good mine Captain to take charge of it. I am going to erect a log
camp. It is in Canada about 300 miles north of Toronto, shall
employ about eight men all told . Can you put me in the way of
getting addresses of. 3 o-r 4 men who are IT. J. iron miners, and who
know hc-.1 to lay out and sink a shaft, run levels and work the mine
economics '.ly, if so, get the addresses and send to «e and I will
look them up. Only send names cf the so who you know understand their
and
honest and
Messrs. Bradley & Pischel,
300 Atlas Block,
Salt Lake City, N. Y.
Lear Sirs:
Are not the Vulcan mines an extension of the large group
of Cobalt mines, under option to the assistant to the professor of the
Mining School of the State of Missouri, of which I have samples and
report? The locality given "by you is the same as that given by
him. He is seeking to sell the mines. Mines are offered at Cobalt,
Canada, having veins of 20fa Cobalt for from 10,000 to 75,000 dollars,
and Cobalt is offered at 45 cents per pound in the ore, freight to
JTew York eight dollars, so you can see the Idaho proposition is
not attractive on any high priced basis. Its only merit is the
quantity, the Canada mines are small and hard to work, the veins
generally averaging 3 inches, but. what little there is runs from
16 to 21% Cobalt .
Yours truly,
H. 1/f. Atwater, Esq.,
San Rafael, cal.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 15th inst. received. I would not advise
you to risk any money in looking up what old miners say. I
knew one of them to pan out. I would buy a Cobalt mine if the
quantity, quality and position is right. Several days ago I bought
a small deposit in Canada, paying ten thousand dollars cash for
the property.
Yours truly,
P. S. I return you herewith your letters of recommendation.
32
Uov. 20, 1905,
M. r. L. 0. Yfe i r , pres.,
Adana Express Co . ,
59 proadway, IT. Y.
Dear Sir:
Your3 of the 17th inst. received, replying to same wish
to sey that what I mean is, that should you get your wagons out
before I can get out the new battery, I will help you out with the
type you first got, which are good for one year, I agreeing to
exchange for new battery when ready without expense to you.
I do this so as not to retard the use of Electric Vehi¬
cles, although it is mighty expensive to me.
Yours truly,
Henry C. lewis, Esq.,
P.on Aqua,
Tennessee.
Hear Kir:
This will introduce Mr. John Morris from my Laboratory,
who comes to your place to investigate the rocks in 'STest Tennessee
for Cohalt. Any information and assistance you can give will he
properly paid for 3hould it result in finding Cohalt in quantities
as to he extracted economically.
Yours truly,
36
Mr. Guido Corbo ,
P. 0. Box 513,
Cairo, Egypt.
Pear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 26th. of October, rela-
tibe to the organization of a new Club in Cairo, in connection with
•'-which you desire to use my name.
I am importuned so frequently by all kinds and classes of people
to have my name attached to different clubs, associations, institutions,
etc. , that 1 have been compelled to make a rule not to permit my name
to be used in this way.
Although the object for which your club has been established may
be a very worthy one indeed, still, it would seem to me better that the
■name of 'the club should indicate the purposes for which it was orga¬
nized, and I do not think that the addition of my name to such an
institution should be considered, as it indicates nothing, and generally
speaking I am opposed to anything of the kind.
Trusting that you will see the force of my position, and regretting
that X am unable to grant you the permission asked for, X beg to re¬
main.
Yours very truly,
31
George 3?. Sever, Esq. , Director of Exhibits ,
Madison Square Garden Electrical Show,
26 Cortlandt St. , New York.
Dear Sirs
1 have your favor of the 16th. I have carefully considered
the question of furnishing you with some of the old apparatus which
I have heretofore from time to time exhibited elsewhere.
I have been loath to make exhibits for a long time past, and since
the exhibition of my old apparatus and models at the St. Louis Exposition
I have decided to discontinue the Bhowing of this apparatus. In view
of the decision reached, I regret exceedingly that I cannot see my way
to letting you have any of these models or apparatus.
Yours very truly,
Edison Portland Cement Company,
Stephen Girard Trust Bldg..
Board of Directors the policy to >e rol
in the matter of protecting its rights
802,631 Of October 241,1), 190a o<
fully considered. In vj aw of %\
number of inf ring ins lei Inn vr.vre
to the issue of this patent, I 1
requires that the infringing ‘.-os
licenses under this patent, upo-
on C^mnt Kiln, should be care-
the fact. that, a considerable
ins tailed and in -use prior
that entire fairness,
should be offered 3Ub-
subsequently adjusted. If, after giving infringing concerns
this opportunity, the offer is not accepted, then I would
suggest that the company should proceed immediately with the
prosecution of infringement suits and that these suits be
pressed to final hearing.
Upon reviewing my contract with the company of
with the company of
June 9th, 1899, I believe that the provision therein for the
Edison Portland Cement Co. - Z,
division of any royalty that might he received from sub-licensees
ie not »3 clear r«s it should he, The contract provides that in
such cases I shall receive from the company "the same amount of
royalty por every four hundred pounds as if such cement were
manufactured by d party of t he second part." (i.a. the company)
This method of cal eolation fci.fiht he very difficult to carry out
and since it has o.lv/x.y;: tun:: 'understood between us that 1 should
receive one-half of :»ny roy.il i.y paid to the company under my
patents. 1 sumrsot that the understanding he made the subject
Vices fc»£v’Wo
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small Cobalt Mine
Mining Captain capable of opening
•the addrei
Pov. 27, 1905.
VY. Mallory, Esq., V. P.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartsville, IT. J.
Dear Sir:
I see you are troubled with want of steam. I suggest you
take hull hy the horn, get indicators and rigging and insist on
cards to he taken every two days on all engines.
All up to date firms do this, its the proper thing to do and
it always results in finding had waste of steam, valves leaking, set
wrong,
Yours truly,
74
S . Be rgmann , Esq. ,
23 Oudenarder Strasae,
Berlin, Germany.
Bear Sir:
Rogers reports on the acetyline welding that it appears to
Be all right, hut to ascertain if the weld iron is porous. Suggests
you make dozen cans, fill with 21$ K. 0. H., close tops and set them
away for month on shelf, if iron porous you will see white deposit
of potash along the seam. I am progressing fine and have in last
few days got the most difficult operation in the v/hole battery solved
perfectly. Byer hopes to forward Patent applications in few days.
Yours truly,
163 W. Jackson Elvd
Chicago, Ill
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 24th inst. wish to say that we
in about 60 cell's daily to keep our ole
cell yet. Expect to start
are changing Nickel plate i
customers going, but not ready for n«
sometime in the middle of the winter,
Yours •
Owensville , Ind,
lived. This being out of my
line I return you herewith drawing and description received with your
lettei
Your?* truly,
'Nov. 28, 1905,
W. L. Cushing, Esq.
Westminster School.
Simsbury, Corn
Pear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 24th inst . , would say that Col.
Carlisle stands very high socially and is a man highly respected in
Indiana. He is part manager of the Studehaker Wagon Works and
married the daughter of Clement Studehaker, Senior Member of the firm,
and one of the leaders of the Methodist Church.
Yours truly,
28, 1905
•tea for you until
the required mileage
tea lasting; six years,
of E. 18. The old ones
will
believe that with
reason
Erom
. battery will last six yean
ill probably only cost $3.00
good battery
at exp'iratii
another six years
cell
Adams Exprei
59 Broadway ,
; "/1 6: If *
M* /unflrfu ^/Vi. ci&w iirj"
(JtAft J'OM*.h A*\tl fy ^ d v
KJ- A, <JU\ncVUbp .
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\taw icit.i'J ■
')cn\fflcicithj
,lvth.l> (K c-i\ Q. oMaJ-CA. C?ci<j j
I am in receipt of your kind invitation for the Seventh
Annual Dinner of your Society, hut regret to say that owing to the
fact that I am so very busy at the present time it will he impossih:
for me to attend.
Thanking you for the invitation, I remain,
Yours, truly,
85
Nov. 29, 1905.
Mr. Edison:
Following is a list of changes made on the Grout Machine
IT ew coupling on drive shaft
New springs, front and rear
New spring hangers, with 9/).S holts instead of 3/8
Lined up rear right spring hanger, was out 3/4"
One entire new brake on differential shaft
Lined up yoke shaft that takes care of the clutch, was out 3/L6"
Put on new distant rods and blocks over the rear shaft
Refitted ball joints on steering rod, sockets rode on the neck of
the balls and did not touch the bottom of the cup by l/B"
Made new pall and changed rack on gear shifter
Put large set of sprockets on jack shaft
Made battery boo: and put in Edison batteries instead of dry cells.
87
Y Nov.. 29, 1905.
Thomas J. Reynolds, Esq,. ,
Dover, M. J.
Dear Sir:
I am in want of a Mine Captain, to take charge , open up
and work with 8 or 10 men a small narrow vein of Cohalt ore, 300 miles
north of Toronto, Canada. I shall want to start work as soon as
there is plenty of snow and everything is frozen, as egress to the
mine is easier. If your experience is such that you would think
you could fill the hill, you might come down to the Laboratory and see
me about it. I will pay your fare hoth ways, wages $125.00 per month
and hoard.
•Yours truly.
96
Mr. Albert W.Johnston, Pres.,
American ITickel YTks.,
43 Exchange Place, IT . Y.
Bear Sir:
When can I expect to get some of your Metallic Cohalt
from the Canadian ores? If there is any doubt about your being able to
supply me soon, I want permission to buy some ore from the mine
owners direct, and refine it myself while you are getting re&dy.
Kindly let me hear from you by return mail.
Yours truly,
that you have not
gene-
each individual
ladies, except
thine uniaue in up to ds
hy usinr
complete and final
Edward L. Tilton, Esq.,
In answer to yours of December 9th, I desire to say that
there are no knife switches in the panel box above the desk. Where
the whole of the lighting is side wall lighting, its the .universal
practice to have a general switch. You would have saved the men ' s
salary and fare had you used the telephone and asked if it w.as
convenient for them to come. There was a party at the house and it
I want to call your attention to the fact that the large
plate glass in front has a stiration clear across it.
Me.s-srs;. T.'al-lory . & Maaw^
lSoji y$r£lprf>r, c(?Hd'riT.
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the material to compress it into a solid. I should say one i
■ the work of the roll would he expended in bringing this yell<
,lid clinker hack to a state of division, whioh the black has
naturally.
Without going into any hair splitting chemical theories,
the following is known to wit: _
1st. If a finely ground and properly proportioned mixture
of raw material for Portland is burned to such a consistency .that . _
the microscope shows homegenity and perfect transparency in thin
sections, with no -trace of the original Ingredients .that the cement . .
will he good, and this holds good for every temperature up to and
including the actual melting of .the clinker.
2nd. Whatever variations of, a perfect mixture, serilf used
or melted may have afterwards, is due purely to pysical causes, such
as the proportions of the fine to the coarse, ageing, gypsum, etc.
3rd. The cause of dense^ri^a^e somewhere the
furnace where the . temperature is very high /and the only remedy ^
is to lengthen this high temperate zone, giving the clinker a
longer time at a lower temperature. . ' -. ’ '
I will make further experiments. .
Yours truly,
Dec. 13, 1905
Pulton? St ,
Brooklyn, V. Y.
1 keg to advise you that the flue at my rei
smokes and would ask that
have the defect look
Yours truly
13, 1905
Orange Awning Co
Orange
received.. I
Yours of the 29th uH
work at my
u-ised at your remarks therein, as 1
.deuce was notified of the damage h<
Yours truly,
Kallory
& Kason,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartsville , II. J.
Dear Sirs:
The reason cement don't dry out quick at this season, is
that the atmosphere has a very low capacity for moisture.
The reason our cement don't dry as quick as Vulcanite and
thus harden, is that Vulcanite has a quick internal dryer, in the form
Of an excess of flour. To get this flour or dryer in our cement,
you must lengthen the zone of excessive high temperature and stop
carrying the fusion so high. 40 ft. of 3000 deg. is better than 20 ft
of 4000 deg.
■What you want i3 to purchase a microscope for Percy, give
him a sample of clinker you desire and have him produce it; then
if Dinan keeps hie mixture perfect, you will produce cement that
will he satisfactory and help out fine grinders tremendously.
; on Portland. Cement '
Philadelphia, Pa»
Yours of the 13th received, replying to sc
that the cement is all right hut the trouble arises
iue to colder weather and droppin, from 85 to B*.
to £0 to 85^ and not to burn -
more fines, which makes rapid set.
the Verbs and I guess they h.-'./e LJot
or will before I B«t through.
e explained the "situation i
. dearly through their heads,
Albert '<! . lohnston, Esq.,
V. ?. - Oxford Copper Co.,
43 Exchange Place, IT. Y.
Pear Sir:
Your 3 of the 15th inst. received
j; have nearly one million dollars invested
v.’ill he ready to start up this winter, you
oVAari :-»nr! nrovidfi myself with Cohalt
f rtemlaeiO awnst.
\*U:'
>\0
[anurt: qllieJ&nsV
dw ni td^oY well
Idw eloliia edi
p atitdion wora£ I
Bonoo nl yaw yob
ted) iaoupei odt
Iliw non eloid-iB
tadt ,aauioa lo
Lester-Vanderlip Eurnace Co.,
W. B. Vanderlip, Esq, President,
12 2 Liberty St., New York.
Bear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of December 15th, and in reply
■desire to say that I most strenuously object to the use of any part of
the interview had between Mr, Creelman arid myself and which appeared in
the "Sunday World" of December 10th.
In myii-jiterview with Mr. Creelman it was not my intention to indi¬
cate any particular line of apparatus that could be used in connection
with the furnishing of electricity, and as I am not at all familiar with
the apparatus handled by your company and i
go into the merits of your apparatus and hi
i not in a position to
; timesitoidiook over your
drawings, I would request that you eliminate entirely the UBe of my name
in connection with any literature that you or your company or<< any indi.-;
vidual thereof may issue. =■
Yours very truly,
E
■iK -3".K .Ui
bna-to bJ
:tir. ib9(x
»xiT
'«o ton dud g
rti nu/nid-jali
law varf* aa
sXcteisJbienoo
5 x . alfiJ-g/jj
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f Dec. 20, 1905.
Fessrs. Ledoux & Co.,
95 John Street,
Hew York.
Dear Sira:
I shall purchase several car loads
time from the Canadian Cohalt district, some
as 10 ton lots. Will you please inform me as
sampling and assaying for Cohalt and ITickel.
C oh alt Eickel arsenides not containing silver
Purchase these ores on your certificate than
of ore from time to
lots may he as small
to the charges for
I am only buying the
. I would prefer to
otherwise. I shall
prohahly he a continuous buyer.
Yours truly,
—
C<*M
\
« *• “rjr •<* ' ‘ *'s"
s»
Deo . 21, 1905.
shl, V.nq. t
tin,
Austria.
There was a number of years ago in Brunn a manufacturer
cal machinery; he made a specialty of extracting apparatus
dating valitil'e liquids through different chemicals to
out certain substances in them. His name v/as Kerz . He
lumber of the machines in this country.
tiipt I want is a catalogue or description and all informa-
bar, about the apparatus, together with prices for the dif-
iiaes vou will do me a great favor which I will hope to
:ate if you can send me the required information.
Y/ith a Kerry Christmas, I remain,
very truly',
Yours
37a war k , 37. J.
Dear Sir:
16*7
I "beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 20th inst-
with enclosures as stated. Thanking you for same, X remain,
Yours truly,
Dec. 22, 1905.
Gardiner C. Sims, J7sq.,
Karine Engine & Hachine Co.,
Harrison, 17. J.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 20th inst., wish to say that I
will call you up the first clear day and if you are at your office
will run down in rny machine.
truly,
He plying to yours of the 21st inst. wish to say that I
do not want a representative present at your works when the sampling
is going on, as I would he perfectly satisfied with your certificate,
"but I have to satisfy the party from whom I purchase ^the ore.
The ore is the regular smaltite from the^Cohalt District,
which I think you are perfectly familiar with. I do not want to go
to the extra expense of sending all the ore to your place if you
could have a man come over on receipt of each shipment and take a
small sample from each hag to make a general sample, which could
he crushed here at laboratory. I think the seller would he satisfied
Please state charges for the above, and oblige,
rff ?
1B9CI
'.a8n ms
/ f Dec. 28, 1905.
Charles Graham, Esq. ,
986 Metropolitan Ave . ,
Brooklyn, II. Y.
Dear Sir:
I am thinking about erecting a small plant for making
about three ton of Hydrochloric Acid daily. Do you contract to
arect the whole plant, furnace and all?
Yours truly,
191
J. \Y. Glaister, Esq., y
Livingston Buildings,
Darlington, England.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 22nd ult. wish to say .that I
can give your son a place as Research Chemist at tv/enty dollars p
week. If he is good at Industrial Chemistry could probably in tii
obtain him a place paying very much higher salary.
If he -wishes to accept, position will be open for six
193
Yours of the 27th inst. addressed to the Edison Storage
,tery Co. regarding letter from the Stanley Vflc s. received. Same
i 35KB3C referred to the Battery Co. for attention with instructions
explain matters to'Vou. My impression is they stole the stock
■ the works to take care of customers. The man who was up there
Pnnmii ma that the Stanley Co. would have new stock ready in ten
that the Stanley Co. would 1
y Dec. 29, 1905.
The Sfoginefcrifte ”■= fining Journal,
505 Pearl St.,
Hew York.
Dear Sirs :
ipeEUe Kindly send me the following hooka:
13 Mining By Prof. If, 0. Ihlseng .f.|
L5 0re & stone Dining By Clement Le Heve Poster 1(
21 Ore Dresaing in Europe By v?. b. Kunhardt ;
23 Electro Metallurgy By Walter G. Me Millan :
23 Electro-Plating & Electro-Refining of Metals
Ey Arnold Philip ' 4
i5 ITotes on Lead & Copper Smelting ."c Copper Converting
By K, V/: Hixon 2
!5 Hydro -Metallurgy of Copper By M. Eissler A
>9 Advanced Course in Chemistry Ey Ira Remsen 2
a Electro-Deposition of Metals Ey Dr. George Langhein 4
11 Electro-Plater, Practical By Martin Bruner 1C
44 Arsenic By Prof. J. A. Wanklyn 1
Industrial Chemistry By J. Payen 10
Ship the above to me at once and render bill in the nair
of the Edison Storage Battery Co., Orange,- IT. J.
Yours truly,
Deo . SO, 1905.
3&1 !•
- nia Toed
•rl‘: S#i>r.
ksd »rf l
ine, He Cl- »
: vi oral Electric Co. ,
84 State Ot. , Boston , ':asc.
Yours of th. 28th mot. roc«ived. I should say that if
. mn B. „o natural ** *
I :
_ rrMiv-se and lose
i. 3, 1906.
6'ri/fid
%
-13
5'ri/6d Weir:
Replying to yours of the 2nd inst. wish to say that I
approved Madden’s drawings hut was rot fully convinced as to the
strength and flexibility of the iron frame. It is probably all right
I wanted a rubber buffer on the driven sprocket to cushion
the shock on the motor and chain in starting up and he has submitted
a drawing of it . Before you close with them let him bring over
complete drawings of just what he proposes to furnish and I will
go over them again.
V/e can give you batteries , old type, at rate of say 12 to 13
sets a month.
i rfatmv Hew Year, I remain,
V.yn^Jjtfstrnd Company,
23 Murray St . ,
Few York.
i.r Sirs:
Kindly enter
Arnold Philip, price
Ison Storage Battery
once .
935 Broadway,
Hew York.
tear Sirs:
Replying to
lave you call any tiim
:ny order for hook called "Electro-Deposition
$4.50 and render hill in the m>me of the
Company, Orange, H. J. Send the above to me
Yours truly,
yours of the 4th inst. would he pleased to
Monday of next week.
Yours truly,
Your h of the
wish to say that power
feasible and can bo do
there is no incentive
8th inst. received. Replying to sane
froir the wind, the tides and the sun is
ne economically, but as long as coal is cheap
to work up the processes.
Yours truly,
Canada .
Dear Sir:
The Mica sent is Ho good. The sample <?.? wad is wad all
right hut has no Cohalt. We sent you $800.00 as asked for, Did you.
"buy any ore and how much?
■Tan. 10, 1906.
Dear Sir:
Your expense account for the Week ending Jan. 6th came
duly to hand, same has been turned over to Mr. Edison for approval
and he does not appear to understand the hotel hills. Will you
kindly send proper explanation,
and oblige.
I have bought one of the best of the Canadian Cobalt Mine
i am now working it. I a pleased to know that you also have a
ocl mine, as its uncertain how deep the Canadian mines will go
t'nout being exhausted.
The largest deposit of Cobalt is in Idaho, 110 miles from
railroad. . The grade is good and quantities practically . unlimited
is an arsenical ore like the Canadian, taut the wagon haulage
d freight, to i!ew York makes it absolutely valueless and I hope
ur freight rate to Hew York or by vessel around the Horn %-rs not
ohibitory .
I am well posted on the Cobalt Industry and can give
iu any inf on at ion you desire. _ _
Yours truly, J
Hun nelly, Term
V
We have worked out a pretty fair smelting process for
Wad. The grade we can v/ori: depends upon the cost of colce or charcoal
mining and hauling to smelter. Keep in mind in each district you
prospect, ir. the chances of locating at a central point, mining and
hauling and price of charcoal or coke, and prohtble^ quality of ore,
iould work some districts wit'h wad
low
this hasii
Jan. 19, 1906.
Walter Stevens, Esq.,
National Phonograph Co., Foreign Sept.
Union Sq. , Hew York.
Dear Sir: * '
Please go- to foreign ship brokers and say I want a quoti
tion on one thousand metric tons of Cobalt ore from the port of
Noumea, New Caledonia .( in the Paoific) to Now York by sailing ves
Time no object, but cheap rate the desirable thing.
Let me know what they can do.
Yours truly.
.9, 1906
William Carl Elle, Esq.,
23 Dupont St.,
Buffalo, IT. Y.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 13th inst. wish to say that the
sample received only showed a small trace of Cohalt, and no Platinu
Molybdenum or Radium. V.'e do not assay for any other metals.
r Car Co. of N • J->
Halsey Street,
Hev/ark, R ■ J •
■ S'.rs:
288
Kr. Charles S. H. Sinai 1,
11 Randolph Street,
Passaic, IT. O’ .
Dear Sir:
I heg to advise you that I decline to make the loan mentioned
hy you, as I have this day received a letter from the Treasurer and
Superintendent, of the Western Union Telegraph Co. stating that they
will not collect from your salary $5.00 per week and send it to
me in payment on account of the loan.
rs truly,
' J
Youi
Yours
know Saturday what
drome if I feel
Cobalt or Nickel, Your 74-0.1^ Nickel
•old estimated at 10 to 15 dollars per t<
Your No. 71
& Cobalt
Yours truly.
~ggr
Jan. 24, 1906,
I note
Mr. Edison has
press:
This is
what I told..
"Mr. Edison agreed to
the Company and send
-34, 1906,
Telephone
I have an opti<
ilch I want
isel charter for 1000 tons ITew Caledonia Cohall
.t Canada cent:
mdence
Cobalt situation I will show him
rew York for 46
0. 3. Port
Griffin,
General Electric Co,
44 Broad St., New York.
Dear Mr. Griffin:
I have your favor of the 19th, and X should be very
glad to endorse the nomination of Mr. Rice for the Presidency of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers. You are therefore at
liberty to use my name in connection with that of Professor Thompson and
Mr. Eish to the end of endorsing him for the position.
Your i
Jan. 26, 1906,
La boUford, Out . ,
,ve been carrying on negotiations with Timmins through
: Smith * Nab ley Auto people, New York, who are inters s-
ms. Timmins refuses to deal at price named to wit,
Ld. and 92 per cent of the market price of Silver, the
,ot less than 13 per cent Cobalt and not over 150 os.
its no user trying to buy any ore of those peopl
or 1000 tons Hew Caledonia Cobalt ore, which
ear soon about a sailing vessel charte
lobalt ore, which can be delivered at
and nothing for the Nickel. The ore
and l,l/2 per cent Nickel. I have ar
lcrS and am promised a sailing vessel
j,te of between 24
reason you have not mentioned in all your
s that you have blasted out the good ore at
find any more. X wish you would keep me
Mas,. «P a. I *»»*
„d scut W 1>»VS uotyet TrlT*.
317
Kortb. American Lead Co
I a lay down Bow Caledonia Cobalt Ore in the Port of
for SO cento per Ih. for: the' Cohalt only. • There i. on. and
s than, the Nickel is •
one half per cent of Kichel in the ore which la not ch.rsed for, a.
it i. wore, than ueelese. The operation of ..paroling it tr»
Coh.lt coot, .ore than the Bloh.l i. ™rth, which will he oonfir.ed
by your men at the mill. I can e.ti.fy you hy shewing you the actual
correspondence that the price named above
Bar. are two objection, to He. Caledonia ore as esain.t .
that of Canada', on. that it ie low erode and w.et.ful of re«e„te,.„d
the other that the inyo.tm.nt retired is yeryen.ohcr.ater; fet
the oermane and English still continue buying the Caledonia or
ao not buy any Canadian. Trie 1. « *• - 1-t undoubtedly that
the bye product, are -re mutable " TO1. sen.
nY,A if the Cohalt does not run any- hign
your ore, if, tn n0 value in
the hye products are moi
your ore, if the Cohalt
the crude state and would
s-vm through the process
i could get the crud'
cent Cohalt with .
# 2 3T. A. L. Co.
319
Latch/ford, Ont
hear you are pro-
Lmmins or Tetheway,
January
Yours
t of the Cohalt Industry or situation, and
rking their property would only lead to
.ness capacity in the whole hunch and any
»ss with them is useless.
«i-. i* 14 a e00d 0M °r “
.Hahie t. Ship a
t0 B.t idea if he riil U 4°
arrangement
Yours
$ ' i
1204 Wood Si&k ‘ ,
Will: in r' . rg ,
Dear Sir:
I would like to have -ore ore. The sa
probably rich pic*ed ore. I would like a snmpl
certainly be the average of the ore mined.
Regarding Mine Le Hotte, they have be
on their Cobalt, Hickel Concentrate. They foil
Cobalt is so near iron that it always throws a
m0st expert smelter chemist when he comes to as
Getting Cobalt out of an ore commer
in books. Yours truly,
S Iku. ~h> {Laa. tl c/uu H crpJ J\&nb-unfci-\j (h^yj JL
2d o 0 0, °~^ O-'CiAi^ JbtMs^ CLcUr^dU ^cfJjnuA
(yy^jj (iMjh-c/Ai^d&Mv >
U /XaJa My. CLcJbiA in,\,'ilcljj£/ /it QJbCjiJ^ (rt Q-MA^JL Olaa&I
2d o oo, — /m&
h- A
fef «L#
Would advise that you
1' sent you by rna.il this day a copy of a late Geological
Purvey of the I'luorite "bolt in Kentucky. I have marked, the pages.
This is a 19o5 report and therefore u;p to date. You will notice
that the wad was found running from 2 to 17 percent. I infer that
the wad is finely divided, so it colors the clay_. You will perhaps
have to wash the clay to concentrate the wad. Please drop Hickman
County long enough to go up there and investigate that region where
the wad was found and perhaps across the Hiver into Illinois into
which these fluorite deposits occur, then you can return to Hickman
County. I advise that v/hen you do return that you proceed along the
wad belt and not more generally because I notice that good wads of ,
both yourself and Casterline occurs in streaks as if in certain places
there was Cobalt in the original rocks and these leaching out, depos¬
ited good wads where i„ another place the wads would be poor.
Somewhere down there you are bound to find rich wads. The
I'luorite deposits are not far from where you are and perhaps you will
strike a good streak. X was not aware that wad could be so fine
and generally deru.od as only to tint the Olay, I 1 W thought It
occured ta ohnnho, oo ho g-JAgr**"" W ”'"''lng-
f'ii
1204 Wood St]
V/ilkinshurg , Pa.
Dear f.5ir:
Yours of the 3rd Inst, received. I told you that I wanted
one car load per week and thought T could work up a satisfactory
process . I infer from your talk that Johnson insisted that if he
takes any he wants the whole, and as this is a very enticing arrange¬
ment it will useless for me to spend any more time
I will drop it and look elsewhere for my supplies.
your
1906
386
■ o thjs 8tli inst. in regard to the stock of the adds on
• ' o^received. Whatever stock I held of this company
.rn ;./.o and heard nothing of it. since. I'or information
•d x’-.\ r.i',07 e , T would advise you to cummunicate with !?r.
Lnirsg Journal,
5' eh . 10, 1906.
Yew York.
Dear Sirs:
Having no hill covering Hdse. mentioned on the enclosed
statement, will you kindly send me an itemised invoice covering
the above, and oblige,
Pet). 13, 19D6,
isslaohe'r ■Chemical Co
two pound sample
of Oxone and stat<
ascertain what the
■Yours truly j
Peh. 13, 1906,
to the Cartersville. District as John Morris who
5 in Tennessee has been driven out hy the snow and
i the Cartersville District, Georgia. Let him
prospei
have this Distric
Yours
«’eb, 13, 1906.
rohn r.orris, Esq.,
Cartersville, Bartow Co . , Ga.
Dear Sir:
I'y man Caaterline was on his way to the Cartersville Dis¬
trict but I have written him to keep away from it and leave it to you
so confine yourself to that District until further notice or you
get through with it.
The last wads you sent, the 750 group are the best wads
yet received from you. Kany are over one per cent. Did you cover
all of the deposits furthest south and did you leave because depos¬
its stopped, or v/as it snow that made you <iuit? v.
Yours truly,
Its uncertain how I lost my hearing, but it was probably
due to being lifted up by the ears when a boy, as soon after that
I became very deaf.
It is true that I was shot at by a policeman in Louisville
in 1866 when I was a telegrapher operator. I was night operator
and had bought 50 volumes of old Horth American Reviews at an auction
sale of junk. I went home at 3 A. 1'. after getting through with tak¬
ing night press reports, was lugging a lot of Reviews home on my
shoulders, the night was dark and policeman gave a yell for me to ■
stop, not hearing iy kept on. He then fired at me and that
brought me to a stand; he came up and recognized me as I went home
Sn'his beat every night. He thought I was a burglar.
If seven phonographs don’t dry up your capacity for new
ideas, why not try fourteen. You must have a limit.
Neb. 13, 1906.
Ifr, K-, T. Sh-eppord, Secretary,
Jamestown Exposition Company,
Norfolk, Va.
% aear sir">
I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of February 1st,
advifiijjg me that at a “e^ing of the Board of Directors of your company
I had sleeted a member of the Advisory Board.
j liave read over the by-laws of thin Advisory Board, and I regret
that i cannot consistently see my way to accepting the position. My
interacts are so varied and my time so much occupied, and will be for
the ne3cfc year or two, with not only experimental work, but also in con¬
nection* the many enterprises with which I am connected, that X find
I mu *>< b unable to do anything whatever in the interests of your company,
X understand the object of same and sentimentally am favorably
diEp0sld toward it; but it is absolutely impossible for me to give any
attention whatever to it, and I must therefore ask that your Board of
Directors arrange to place someone else on the Board in my stead.
pegbetting that I cannot see my way clear to accepting the honor
that been conferred upon me, believe me to be, _
m m
Your:
•ry truly,
ass send me a copy of /the -Mining laws of Hew
e Government polish maps of •minir.s /locations , ^
; owing patented an A unp ate nted miner al lands? :
; V/ad Districts all taken up ~ ? Are tKey;°pen .
, X am much interested in the low Etade,:wads
;c.rt ,He present quotation for a, four per cent
nt *. Port of Moumea, H~ Caledonia is ^enty
;r,e tfJ11 The freight by sail to Hew ’fork is
and fifty cents. X should to.know if
. from Port Require, per pound. of
• ^11, not average more, tkan three per cent
X learn would 'oe; less from there.
. verY much ohligod if you could give me some in
" - o nuantitv of say three per cent wad tnat
■ A^ressire operations were carried on . also
•07, South Wales,, also
charcoal could he obtained
jheaply
Sidney
around
426
.A/tS-fifi \ } j
•,;,3\ ■ j
Fred. Irland, Esq.,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs-
Please accept my very best thanks for your telegram
of February 11th, congratulating me on my fifty-ninth birthday,
and I wish you could convey to Messrs. Welch, Small, Cochrane,
Lafferty, Gray, Cremer and Dodge, as well as your good self, my
very best wishes as well as my thanks.
Yours very truly,
p. S. I find that my Secretary inadvertently overlooked acknow¬
ledging receipt of the telegram before, and trust you vrill accept
apology for the apparent oversight.
431
national Phonograph Company,
Orange, Hew JerBey.
Gentlemen : *
Begarding my patents on processes for making
molded records, No. 667,662 dated Eebruary 5th, 1901 and Ho.
713,209 dated November 11th, 1902, these patents, as you will
remember, were assigned to the National Phonograph Company for
the purpose of permitting suits to be brought thereon in the
name of that company. This course was considered desirable
for legal reasons, since the company was the licensee under
said patents and the only manufacturer under the same. Under
the resolution of the Board of Directors of the National Phon¬
ograph Company, dated April 20th, 1903, it was agreed "that
on the termination of the pending litigation on the said pa¬
tent, the officers of this company are hereby directed to re¬
assign the said patent to Mr. Edison or his nominee as of this
date." Since I am informed that the pending litigation involv¬
ing these patent b has now terminated, j have to request that in
accordance with our understanding, the patents be now trans¬
ferred and re -assigned to my nominee, the New Jersey Patent
432
No. Z - Nat1] Phon. Co.
Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this State.
X already have an understanding with the New Jersey Patent
Company that the equitable title in and to each of these pa¬
tents should be vested in that company from and after the
27th day of June, 1903, and the object of the present request
is to veBt the legal title of each of these patents in the
New Jersey Patent Company also. In this connection, there¬
fore, I hereby consent to, ratify and confirm any payments
for royalties under said patents which may have been made to
the New Jersey Patent Company since June 27th, 1903..
You]
ry truly.
28, 1906,
Wessra . "Morrison &
In regard to ny opinion
Grout Automobile
) yours of the 24th inst. that I have purchased one of
and after putting in new srpings,' new axles and making
their
have a first class machine,
several other
rill have
I have
If they will duplii
Yours truly,
received,
make cloi
;ood tool
at the bench
Yours truly,
. Edison laboratory
—II.
quicker
■y much cheapen
Dont yoi
the whole outcrop showing hlc
Your
quick. I lea.’.
and Randolph will forwi
e shipped in January hi
important ones to me. The hags oi
yet arrived. Please state ii’ the)
Diabase in line with the outcrop.
slate abi
striking it in the slati
chanci
have
T.atchf or d, Ont.,
Canada.
.Dear Kir: ,
t*v
If you will read my letter regarding proposition ^ja-rettaar
working Bushnells mine you will notice that it only asked ycur
oolnloA of awoh a proposition, not that you should make the proposi¬
tion, however, since its "been made, all right. I think it very
little use to try and do business with such people. They prefer to
he fooled ty a lot of scheming speculators who lie and get options
with great price and never will or can do anything.
Regarding Woodworth, I will take a large amount of his ore
at 35 cents for the Cohalt and 90 per cent of the assay 'on Silver
60 per cent of the silver values. I would prefer that he pick out
his rich silver ore and sell it to others giving, me the rich Cohalt
ore which should not fall helow 10 to 12 *, the latter preferable,
hut if j^can't do it, X will take it. I venture the assertion that
Woodworth is lucky with his mines and sells the ore to me, that at
the end of the year he will come out better than any of them.
i/hat you can put him to work for two weeks
BU. I will take the responsibility of auth'or-
. Edison is away. Ho doubt I will hear
s as to whether you shall keep him any longer,
Yours truly,
466
H. it. Wilson, Esq.,
Latohford, Ont.,
Canada .
Dear Sir:
I air. afraid that the prospect at the Darby Mine would not
warrant much ox' an investment in water power plant; you better, however
gc-:t rights all the same and make estimates. If you have a steam
plant it will probably require 4 oords of wood daily.
What can you get gasolene up there for, also what is the
price of coal at Latohford. It seems strange to me that there is'nt
enough wood near by to run a steam plant for this summer until we
can find something that would warrant putting in a water' power plant.
1 an now ir. S’lorida but will be back in early part of
April and let you know about the assays, etc.
J
/
oh JIB, 1906.
present I sr. -getting my Cobalt ore from fjanada somewhat
;;he prices you quote, (as I understand them) but I
i-iov; long I shall be enabled to get these low prices,
tf understand when you add to the price per ton 11 & 4
r unit.'1 Please explain this as I am not familiar with
regarding these ores..
found considerable trouble in getting a quotation for
; ailing vessel to Hew York. Please keep me informed as
,1 getting cheap freight by sailing vessel to Hew York,
■e can be obtained a good supply of Cobalt at prices
; g probable time required per 1000 tons for getting it
I c-n not tell what moment I will be cut off iron my
Regarding Hickel, I have a
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Letterbook, LB-074
This letterbook covers the period April-September 1906. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and John F. Randolph. There are also a few
letters by Mina Miller Edison. Many of the items relate to Edison's search for
ores of cobalt and other metals. Included is a letter mentioning his intent to
abandon his cobalt search in Canada and to construct mills to extract cobalt
from the manganese beds of the southern United States. Also included are
letters pertaining to Edison's automobile trip to the manganese belt in North
Carolina and adjacent states in May and June. In addition, there are items
relating to the business of the Edison Portland Cement Co.; to Edison’s plans
to construct concrete houses; and to his stock holdings in the Edison Ore
Milling Syndicate, Ltd., and the Dunderland Iron Ore Co., Ltd. There are several
letters to Josiah C. Reiff discussing Edison's work on quadruplex telegraphy
during the 1870s and Reiffs protracted litigation over related matters. Also
included are letters regarding the accidental death of Edison's associate, A.
Theo E. Wangemann. Some of the letters refer to supplies of chemicals and
equipment for the West Orange laboratory. Among the items pertaining to
family and personal matters are letters concerning Edison's diet; the purchase
of property in Fort Myers, Florida, and Milan, Ohio; and the upkeep of Edison's
homes in Llewellyn Park and Fort Myers. Also included is a letter to the Bank
of Metropolis in which Edison declares his net worth to be "over a million
dollars."
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "Thos. A.
Edison. - Personal. - Letter Book from April 1 - 1906 to October 1 - 1906."
There is an inscription on the spine with similar information. The spine is also
stamped "5." The book contains 498 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 10 percent of the book has been selected.
/ April 11, 1906.
/ /
! /
1
1 ;
! : J’-r. I. Crane, Secretary,
/
Sdison Portland Cement Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bear sirs
I have not received any stock, either preferred or common
coy^r'ing the money I have sent on account of my subscription,
t0 $1*5,000.00.
I wish the stock issued in full and notes for the balance
Kin&J-y arrange to have stock and notes forwarded to me by return
Harlan, Page, Esq. ,
Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Having reference to my proposition that
you and Mrs. Page should assign certain preferred and
common stock now held by yourselves in She JSdisom
Portland dement Company, and standing in your nameB on
the books of the company, to me as trustee, 1 beg to
say that should any dividends be declared on such stock,
I will, in the event of the truBt being created and
during its continuance, turn over the said dividends to
you and Mrs. Page as the same may be declared, without
waiting until the termination of said trust.
Yours very truly, " ~j
April 14, 1006.
rking each territory close
stance— the area Lewis is in is good. Nov.' if
Carolina you could visit a particular area, 3er
'Pont forget to run up to Kentucky and sample that locality
to you about as having 14» wad. Answer.
Your^ truly,
83
c. V.’eidner, ®sq.,
KLackhird, Xemhi Co.,
Idaho .
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— 'llrtlOB “d ““'“T. aus’ject. .»»*» «°M1'
Any ore samples *hxw @&oh &nd j wlll
Tiadium You can send hy mail say
Cohalt or Tfadium. T^iber each sample so
assay for these minerals and let you Know. -
you can spot its locality if anythin is round.
** yours truly ,
IE fisher, Esq.,
Yale University,
Yours of the 20th inst. received. I generally experimented
with two months periods. One period with only vegetable food, another
period with only animal food, other periods mixed foods with coffee
or tea; again without tobacco; in all cases with small amount of food.
It is very surprising what a small amount of food is required
to keep ones weight constant where practically no physical labor and
only mental effort. As to enaurai
can not give you the data except t
i on different kinds of foods I
to mental effort, and that I
i mixed diet was used with 11
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CET7
115
hundred pound
ticate stock as dividend,
your p'j
;ion you will greatly
'ours truly.
Mi son Ore billing Syndicate, hvL. ,
;"itzalan House, Arundel St., Tendon, W.
’’his morning )'r, Edison
Ore Villing Syndicate
you kindly send me as
cane after me again regarding the
stock due him hy you in the Edison
er to keep me out of trouble will
foie the seven one hundred pound
s of bunder land Iron Ori
Company stock which is due him on the
.’otel Crittenden,
Marion, Ky.
} best Wad tiffel you sent in i
that near Webster, N. C.,
i ton of this Wad is worth two of the Hickman Co.
oka county where Haleigh. is. situated., X
vicinity of Serpentine that
s should, look for rich wads and do i
with -two automobiles,
"ay 14th or 18th and will probably e
in Kentucky indicated in th
respecting and then return
Aqua, and notify you
X has-" got track of a good Cobalt spot near Charlotte and
want to fc®lp looking over the district. Answer to Orange if you
understand. Randolph will send you a double . do se jof^ajssasy so you
will not be bothered. Yours truly, , , 1
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and Garden I notice
Late for supplying my residenci
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which
ling he done t(
Carolina
Mr. Creelman. I
if 1 should hold th«
away
i turn,
id by telegraph
Latchford, Ont
Canada,
Kindly 0. K,
ittaehed bill
18, 1906 .
I’rederich
Electric C<
Dear
Ion" trip in the
led. from
next
trul;
■Replying
Gorrespoi
jchool
Institutions
are Doth
much about
ispondenc<
i I-'orris, ‘Esq.,
. Nunnelly, Tem
Hereafter send a description of location of each sample oi
an additional sheet for each shipment of samples, enclose in envelo]
in hag. I have been all day trying to find the Itanganeese outcrop
10 miles from Lincolnton where we dug the shafts. Can not locate it
from slips in hag, neither can I tell about the copper mine near °
Rhinehardts on Lincolnton Hoad where we stopped at night and took '
sample. I told you £p mention- Copper nine sample, hut you
evidently forgot it. r cant-tlwclfte the 2,l/2 miles from Shelby
£!a-1Ho , in fact I have lost all day at it opening hags.
then your slip says some place or location as No. so and s
-his compels b* t0 firjd that particular hag and this takes time. If
m
231
John riovria, hsq.,
hunnelly, Tern:.
You better dig test pits all over the hill and on top and the
opposite hill where deep shaft is on kunnelly's place, to determine
once for all the area and probably quantity or acreage of wad. I would
not HH±y dig then only down through roots and float to the. compact
stuff and not sink deep as most of the wad will show in the float
.lust under the sod. Xf none there then it will probably . be. poor
in the cracks deeper down. Keep in mind the hydraulic sohone of work¬
ing as i am convinced that is the only scheme that will be economical.
Also when digging over the several acres better send in.,
samples from widely separated pits, because I find the wad varies
in all kinds of ways as to quantity . I want to see if dt varies
truly,
a.
much in
e area.,
piiffs
tandard Consolidated Fining Co.
i may enter my order for
! carload of thirty 1
oncentrates per month, the first carload to be shipped
in .Tuly 1906 and 'conti:
g that we do not desire any more,
ad is to be shipped to Ledoisc tc. Co., Few York for
assay for Gold, Cobalt and Fickel with instruc-
The price which the 3di s<
storage Battery Co. will pay is
ss than 240 and reaches 28 0 lbs. i
forty cents Tier pound for each pi
If the ore contains more than 280 lbs. <
Cobalt, the price is to be fo:
Cobalt contained in the ore.
ten cents per pound c
Fickel per ton of <
Fickel than 60 lbs. of Fickel per ton we will only pay seven cents
per pound of Metallic Fickel. This metal being very detrimental
will pay ninety six pc:
■ the gold contained in
>£ the market value of
-"2
dned hy fire assay. We do not pay for any other
prices are I’. 0. E. Iedoux's Works, New fork,
ng and assaying to he paid hy the seller of the
receipt of the ore and assay at Orange, IT. the •
"tandard Consolidated Kines Co. shall he paid in
notifv us if these terras are accepted.
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The sample sent must have rfilfe astray as T can not find it,
j have received, however, a sanple from i\ I’ugan of your town which
concentrated and the concentrate assayed 18£ Cobalt with quite a
small loss in tailings. This is the only sample sent me by several
parties from Lehmi County that could he concentrated high grade
without great loss in tailings. I imagine that the pyrites are finer
and more intimately mixed with gangue in different parts of the
District and that Dugan’s sample was an exceptional one.
Describe the bawkeye group owned by you. Is this
group the same as Dr, Dugan's? f am "buying a carload per month of
arsenical Cobalt concentrates from the Ctandard Consolidated Dines
Co, in Grant Co., Oregon. The ore varies from 12 to 14£ metallic
Cobalt. It is delivered i’. C. B., pew York at 40 cents per lb, -bf
Detallio Cobalt. I think they have a haul of 12 miles to K. K. I
also pay from 90 to 95/j of the assay value of the gold according
to quantity. Its properly a gold ore, the Cobalt being incidental.
If you can show me how I can get my Cobalt cheaper than prices
above stated I an; ready for a deal.
Yours truly,
%ki8
<•’. T Yallett, Ksq.,
Camp Bristol,
Glen Lyn , Va .
Bear Sir-
Bours of the 30th tilt, received. If you will send me
a sample of the ore found on your /property I will assay for
Cohalt, Be sure and mark it so i can tell where it comes from.
Yours truly,
July 5, 1906.
Hahermann Kf g . Cc..,
Laurel Hill, L. I.
Lear Sirs :
Tills will introduce to you my representative, Mr. Julius
UuesTce. I intend to build muffle annealing furnaces for my new-
electric battery parts and if there is no objection would like to
see how you build yours, if you use muffle furnaces... — -
Yours truly,
278
M'
H. IT. Holleman, Esq. ,
1019 Capitol Ave,,
I am in receipt of your very kind invitation, dated June 22nd,
asking me to pay a viBit to Houston for the purpose of going out to
Tarpon on a fishing expeditioi
Although I would very much like to
accept this invitation, I regret to say that I am so fully occupied with
my different experiments that I cannot spare the time to make the trip.
So far as tarpon fishing is concerned, I would say that right in front
of my plantation in Elorida I have had great sport catching, tarpon, and
when I was South in the Spring of the year I enjoyed it immensely.
Eegretting that I am unable to accept the invitation at this
time, and thanking you for same, believe me to be,
Yours very truly, ,
'ISSl:
20 Broad street,
I have stopped
iJng notes
the decree
;ered yours?
will not carry out the
why the principal
■incipal
instruct
susinessi direct
ahead and do
that I night go hack on you. Dont feai
You seem t<
while
loney Tor pe:
that. Tf you want
entered
fighting, I wii:
have some
sonduct proceedings before
the inaste)
"ours truly:
jvrfn-e
Veai-
12th inst. received. Would he pleased to
it some time during- the day with the new Lanter
much to see it in operation. We have current
darken the large room at any time
Yours trul-
.4, ISO 6
■ecent date
circuit
f oundat ion
truly,
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[TO THOMAS A. EDISON, JR.]
•& i tt'MM&b
Aug. 20,
3’. -Joyner, Esq.,
41 Euller St.,
Schenectady, E. Y.
Replying to yours of the 17th inst. wish to say that
sent Hr'. Edison is away on an automobile tour and not expected
‘ore the first of September. If you will, send me a sample of th
rill see that Mr. Edison gets it on his return.
E. E. Harding, Esq.,
Replying to ybuw' of recent date wish to say that Hr
i hilled by being crushed between the platform and ti
T&agesoan wan lined by being orusne
the B. II. 1- at Bath Beach June 2nd
star « Del . B . It, ,
, IT, Y,
, C. Sanford, Rsci.,
Station Agent, i
Big Inrlii
jar Sir:
Replying to yours of the 20th Inst. wish to say that .
tt-kU"- '1,-rar'i.te cover I send you a B
Yoaj.t is found most any wne*®-* 'i
f Cohalt ore. If you will send me & or ° one 02 '
at skills I will have them assayed and aavise you if conta
so I can tell where they come from.
and mark them
445
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Robert Ewing, Esq>,
Mgr . -Rashvill e American,
Hashville, Tenn.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 1st irist. wish to say that I am
not familiar with, the iron ore deposits in Tennessee, hut judging
from the amount of Manganeese ore containing Cohalt and Eickel,
scattered over several counties, I should say that somewhere there
must he a large deposit of Cohalt from which the Cohalt of the Manga¬
neese leached. I also notice large quantities of hones in some
pits sunk in prospecting and do not douht hut that large deposits
can he found. I am also under the impression that there are many
more phosphate deposits in Tennessee that have not yet been discovered.
I suggest that the State arrange with some competent Chemist
or firm of assayers to make free assays of all samples sent in by farm,
ers, etc. and widely advertise the fact.
Yours truly.
Sept. 10, 1906.
Wilson, Esq.,
Xatchford, Ont.,
Canada.
Pear Sir:
I heg to confirm telegram 3ent you this day in answer to
yours a3 follows:
"If you will take 30 or 40 tons of whatever is on hand,
can get Glendenning for 40 cents, E. 0. B., New York. H. K. Wilson"
(3fy reply) "allright. Will take 30 or 40 tons." Edison."
Yours truly,
■
1
1
10t 1906.
Mr. S. E. Pollen. ycSeo. ,
• fa."
Dunderland Iron ore Co . ,
Tours of the 30th of August received.
We abandoned ropes on the rolls because; we wanted more pres¬
sure to obtain a greater output and also because nfixen we dhut -down
one roll to change ropes, all the rolls had to be stopped, whi-ch is
not the case with your mill. Our ropes lasted on an average, 120
hours, 100 lb. pressure on 8 inch cylinder, ho not see Why yours
should not last as long.
We then substituted springs on the same roil, discarding
the spacing rolls. We could not get as much output as before, because
the power was greatly increased and the small bearings would not
stand the pressure. I then designed a very powerful roll and have
6 of them- working. They have a great output and -work perfectly,
giving no trouble. Have small repairs. The only drawback being
that the power required per ton is about double-, l>ut the cost of the
power ie more than made by doing away with delays .and increasing
the output.
If you desire I will have got out a complete set of blue
prints of the new rolls and forward.^
454
a. Croydon Marts, Esq..,
18 Southampton Buildings, Chancery ;
London, V. C. , England.
Sept. 12, 1906.
X have just received your cable reading as follows:
"Stewart attempting form company; states Edison given
rights for sale of battery here until others interested,
get it on market. Cable shall injunction issue.11
which I immediately answered as follows;
"Stewart has no rights from me, directly or indirectly, for
battery or anything else. Act accordingly. "
Mr. W. M. Stewart haG no authority to represent himself as acting
for me in any capacity whatsoever, and I trust you will take proper
measures 4c offset any attempts on his part to represent me or any <?f
Mr. Robert LevenBon,
202 B. 88th. St...
Sept. 22, 1906.
Youra of the 14th ins t. received, replying to same wish to
say that I have no objection to being a member of the Committee,
providing I have no duties to perform. X am loaded down to the
Plimsol line now.
R. I). Casterline, Escj. ,
1918 N. 18th St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Yours truly,
Sept. 22, 1906
Dear Sir:
•I beg to advise you that I can give you a job for a month
or two around 3Jew Jersey. If you accept kindly advise me when you
could come.
Yours truly,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pear Sira:
Please insert in two issues of your paper in the financial
page, and to occupy two inches df space, the following:
"frwd thousand Shares Edison Portland Cement Common wanted
at si* dollars per shard; Address Salford, Inquirer Office."
Kindly send hill and replies to the above advertisement
Letterbook, LB-075
This letterbook covers the period October 1906-June 1907. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and John F. Randolph. There are also some
letters by Mina Miller Edison. Many of the items relate to Edison’s search for
limestone, cobalt ore, and other ores. Also included are letters pertaining to the
business of the Edison Portland Cement Co.; the operations of the cement
works at Stewartsville, New Jersey; and Edison’s progress on his poured
concrete house. In addition, there are letters discussing Edison's work on his
alkaline storage battery; the manufacture of batteries by Sigmund Bergmann
in Berlin, Germany; and ore concentration operations in the Dunderland region
of Norway, in connection with the Edison Ore Milling Syndicate, Ltd. Among the
items pertaining to family and personal matters are letters concerning Edison’s
health; his membership in clubs and societies; the upkeep of his winter home
at Fort Myers, Florida; and his donation of five hundred dollars to a public
school in Milan, Ohio, for the purchase of scientific apparatus. Also included is
a letter regarding a loan of one thousand dollars from Edison to his former
associate, Edward H. Johnson, as well as a letter by Edison reminiscing about
his early years in Boston and New York.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "Thos. A.
Edison. - Personal - Letter Book from October 1 -1906 to July 1 - 1 907." There
is an inscription on the spine with similar information. The spine is also
stamped "5." The book contains 502 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 1 0 percent of the book has been selected.
T regret exceedingly that a previous engagement will prevent
my accepting your very hind invitation of the 26th of September to visit
Scranton on the occasion of the fifteenth aniversary of the International
Correspondence Schools.
Although I cannot be present at the exercises, it is a pleasure for
me to assure you of my familiarity with your great and deserving educa¬
tional work. Please accept my congratulations on the successful outcome
of your past years of labor and my most sincere wishes for the continued
prosperity and public appreciation of the International Correspondence
Schools .
Yours very truly,
m
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t4y dear j)„gmann:
Berlin, Germany. «
I tov. your letter e. Octets 8th, the
“U8r «* t”e manufacture of storage batteries.
I am lf,d*ed glad to W that you are turning out at the rate of
50 cell. pRj, day and that if necessary thin can he increased to 100; and
1 am.Pl9aa«^ a'1S° t0 n0te that testa indicate that your cells are
eqU&l t0 manufactured by ue. The two cells that you have sent me
— have not *R yet cone in, but when they do I will look them over and write
you furthQp_ if necessary.
I do ^ want to say at the moment whether we will send a jnan
orer at preaP n't or not; I will take this under advisement, and
. "rite you ^er. Weber has bean laid up for the past two or three
weeks and j <*oubt if he could nake a trip at present.
T}le of active material is, of course, very high, for the simple
reason that *e are running our works only partially, and naturally the
general is greater thin it would otherwise be. With the
exception Qf the cobalt flak#; the active material, when we. do start up
again, wi.^. ve very much reduced in price, and I therefore think there
will be n0 c<,tnplaint on this BcofC later on. We are hoping to more than
cut the in half 6ti the iroi alone.
• Kow> a0 fB'r aB PriceB are concerned, we sell the *E-18" type at
3. Bergmann.
£0.00, whero.e oh. prl08 of the 1>aa 0S11 w tho ^ oapacity 15
Th. Adams .*pr,., Oo„ .ho have Juot put ^ ^ ^ ^
»ry sucks, purchased our peasant halt ary, „ they fi„a lrm th.lr
previous experience that- our cells are very much cheaper to operate in
, r"n’ °"d *h'y «« lead h.ttery at any price.
In addition to this, have 8lBllt to ton othor Undo fi™ who have
tirown out th, 1« battery absciately. flffany » Ior
‘ '°tal °f ”»«»»■ operated rtth our battery.
I ojqooot to send you on, of my oell, >bout j.bruary, i»7. mi.
cell Mil to made up Mtn tools, and not Hand-mode.
I hay, always boon under the impr.e.ion that you underotood that th.
active material w. have been .hipping yeu „a. abnormally hi oh in prloo
hut it i, no criterion so far a, the ultimate cost is concerned. .
The new oell above referred to will have 60* more capacity for the
same weight.
The enclosures with your letter are most interesting, and I have
gone over them carefully, hut I do not see that there is very much com-
Generally spewing, I am more than satisfied with the results already
attained in connection with the new cell, and Just as soon as I can give
you some definite figures rest assured you will hear from me.
Yours very truly,
Oct. 27, 1906.
Daniel Hogan, Esq.,
C3e rk United States Court,
Danville , Ill 0
Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of the 22nd, would say that I have a fa
recollection of the lncedent you mention ;am glad to hear you are
pleasantly fixed which is more than Rockefeller can truthfully say
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Yours very truly,
Alex. Churchward, Esq.,
Edison Building,
Dear Sir :
40 Broad St. ,
New Yorfc.
Is there any way(hy sacrificing economy) to do away, or diminish
weight of reactance coil in the mercury rectifier. I want to carry the
rectifying device with the touring machine. I am experimenting- with the
chemical rectifier at present.
November 19, 1906.
1 Ewn.ld. Stulpno
Esq. ,
Eort Myers , lee Co.,
Plorida.
Dear sir:
In reply tp.„your letter of the 10 th. test., I leg to state
that you can go ahead and order the tank from; W. E. Caldwell Co., as
stated in your letter. 0 •
Yours very truly,
Hovember 19’, 1906.
M. P. Hutchinson, Esq. e Pres.,
Universal Motor Car Company,
Humber One Madison Avenue,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir: . . ■ ' ' ’
In reply to your letter ;of the . 9th. test . , • I beg to say that
I have*rit the time to write letters'; If you; want any information come
over to the laboratory.
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r November 26, 1906.
'i'v ederio E. Dewey, Esq.,
■Mint Bureau,
Treasury Department ,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 22nd., would say that you
better hold off purchasing cobalt ore. The total demand is only
380000 pounds yearly; and there will be ere produced next year,
carrying enough to supply tha world for ten years to come.
They will be glad to sell,
Yours truly,
llov ember 26, 1906.
In reply to your letter of the 20th., would say , you can
tell Mr. Brown to go ahead and buy his apparatus, and when ready have
the bill's sent to me at Orange; to the extent of five hundred dollars,
not more. I am so overworked I have'nt the time to go over the list.
Yours very truly,
1 » r November 27, 1906.
Johri Morris, Esq.,
Billsburg, Penna.
Bear Mr . Morris:
There is no oohalt in the ore as the man said; hut
there is cohalt in the blue or green shist, one sample has considerahl
Please find out how wide and long the shist is, and if it is impreg¬
nated with pyritieB.
I notice all your samples are from dumps and not from
rock in place . Can't you find outcrop, so as not to depend on dumps.
The shists carry from 10 to 20 per cent of pyrit1.es, You better spend
week after Thanksgiving finding these pyr’.teous shists, and take
general samples and return to laborattry . as I want yeu to go to
Ho
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Jacob Henry, Esq.,
Gainsville, Georgia.
December 1, 1906.
The ore you sent is a fair cobalt ore and I think it could be
concentrated up so the concentrate could be shipped. Where is the mine,
is It far from a railroad ?.
I would purchase a good mine if the quantity and quality of
the ore was right. It will take some time to make an accurate assay
of the sample.
Yours very truly,
December 5, 1906.
W. H. Mason, Esq.,
Edison Portland Cement |3o.,
Stewartsville, Mew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mason:
Perhaps it is best to use brick foundation to hold the
iron column up from grouriri, and not depend on cement where any weight
ia sustained. Red briok'will be 0. K.
I guess we need not use the heavy columns, but the small
columns, only casting the slots in for holding plates in position. You
Will probably, have to divide column in two lengths and use flanged
ends bathed together. Ribs on plates probably not necessary; they would
liWce it bad to cast in moulds.
Make ohanges in drawing, mark material to be used on
drawing with some few details and return to Orange for criticism again.
December 5, 1906,
S. Bergrnann, $Bq, ,
23 Oudenu W«i' S^iv.sse,
Berlin, Germany.
l.Ty dear Eergmann:
Yours of the 12t.h. of Fovember received.. I cannot
consent to the battery company going into any outside business, it
would lead to endless o.r.p lie at ions in the future.
You will remember I warned you repeatedly to go. slow
until things were certain. I told you not to build any, of the old
style batteries, but to wait. It is I who is spending the money in
large quantities, but not foolishly. TOien I say it is all right, you
will have somethin*, valuable to do business on.
You say the battery has greater bulk than the lead,
that will not be true of the new 1 .itteryj for the same capacity it will
he less bulky.
largo chemical
The only thing delaying me, now, is the finishing of the
t,rl:s s.1; Silver Lake, to work cobalt ores.
Yours very truly,
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cember 12, 1906.
Thomas Manning, Esq., 1 /
Noumea,
Island of New Caledonia.
Near Sir:
Please quote on hoard ship Noumea, all grades of cobalt ore,
from three per cent metallic to four and one half and higher. Be sure
and state if quotations are for protoxide or metallic; for dry ore
and metric ton etc., in fact all data. Should probably purchase in
five hundred ton lots. Ledoux and Co.
i the umpire chemists at New
York and all ores are paid for on their assay. Ti wjpuld pay on receipt
of their assay. Ores are generally consigned to them.
I suppose you could give me as favorable price's as Haford
Isha Works . I understand you furnished last lot for one hundred francs
for four and one half per cent metallic, E.O.B. Noumea.
Please state unit prices above four and one half per cent.
Yours very truly - -
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December 15, 1906
E. de Haen Chemische Fahrik, List,
Seelze near Hanover, Germany.
Dear Sirs:
m
In reply to your letter of the 27th. ult.,I heg to state that
we "buy most of our chemicals in this country. We use a large quantity
of electrolytic potash, free of chlorine, paying 6 l/4oents Hew York,
and not carbonated. We no longer use barium salts.
We buy very large quantities of caustic soda from Brunner
Kond & Co., London, but think you could not compete with them. I notice
your price on metallic thallium; I just received fifty pounds, paying
less than four dollars per pound, all expenses paid.
How muoh for one metric ton of Bismuth.
Yours truly,
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Mr. L. B. Marks, President,
Illuminating Engineering Society,
220 Broadway, Mew York.
My dear Mr. Marks:
I am in receipt of your very kind invitation
of the 7th to attend the first dinner of your Society to he held
on the evening of January 14th, hut I regret exceedingly to Bay
that, due to the fact that I have been suffering from a very
severe cold the past ten days, from which I have not entirely
recovered, I am corbelled to decline invitations of all kinds.
I shall he very glad to have you present my name for
membership in your Society.
Trusting that the dinner will he in every way successful,
and wishing the Society itself continued success, believe me to
he,
Yours very truly,
Jan. 14, 1907.
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The Telegraph Club,
Mr. William Bradfi eld, Secretary-Treasurer,
Washington, D. C.
Sear Sir:
Your favor of December 22nd, quoting resolution adopted
by your Club at a ineating held the same day, in effect that I had
been elected an honorary member of the said Club, came duly to hand
but pressure of work and ray recent slight illness have prevented
my acknowledging it before.' Please convey to the Club- my thanks
for same, which is hereby accepted.
Berlin, Germany.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 5th inst. has been received.
I note that the mortgage therein referred to for M. 730. 000
due December Slot, 1906, has been paid, and that the com¬
pany made use of bank credit with the Deutsche Bank against!
its note until the mortgage may be placed elsewhere under
more favorable conditions. The action of the Board in
issuing its note under the circumstances meets with wy
approval . _ ^
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:ry truly,
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Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Sir:
Have you in your possession an invoice from V/. E. Caldwell Co.,
amounting to $49.75. for a tank. If you have this invoice and the same
is correct, will you kindly mail it to us at Orange a* iham people have
drawn a draft
'John Morris, Esq.,
Dillshurg , Penna .
Bear Sir:
I "beg to state that I am sending you under separate cover
sample eb per your letter of the 27th. ult.,
Yours very truly, .
John Morris, Esq.,
Dillshurg, Penna,,
Dear Sir:
Mr. Edison requeste
will require your services s
You will he advised more 1'
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r.o advise you that the cement works
time in March, to do some prospectin,
future .
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?eb. 6, 1907.
•Hr. Edward II. Johnson,
Hotel Great Central,
* London, England.
My dear Johnson:
I have your favor of the 24tii, requesting the 1
of one thousand dollars, and I have just cabled you as follows:
"Schermerhorn has been instructed pay you one
thousand dollars.1'
Erora this you will understand that Mr. J. R. Schermerhorn
has been instructed to pay you this amount, and you will doubtles
have received same ere this.
I fully appreciate your situation and gladly come to the
rescue .
Yours very truly,
> . S. I return the letter of Mr. Messer, dated January 2:1, 1907
which veu enclosed with your communication.
E. P. Barle, EBq.,
Nipissing Mines,
31 Nassau St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:
February 13, 1907.
4
1 have returned the sample of 44 l/s pounds to Xedoux. It was
very much decomposed, the surface of the silver itself was sulphurized
from exposure , hence, we had a very had material to work with. Totally
different from Timmin's and the University Mine.
We found that we could not reduce the silver below' 97 ounces
per ton; whereas with University ore we could reduce it to 25and30 oz.
The concentrate we made went about five hundred pound's silver per ton.
Yours very truly.
P. S.- Sample " A " is part untreated except that silver Shrove l/4 " has
been removed.
Sample " 3 " is part treated. HaB poured through. 130 mesh.
Feb. 16, 1907
Mr* E. D, Phillips, Principal,
Manual Training High School,
15th St. & Forest Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
My dear Sir:
1 am in receipt of your favor of the 2nd of February,
advising me that a number of your pupils have organized a society
and honored me by calling it the "Edieonian Society", which is
entirely acceptable to me. I have looked over the periodical,
which has come to hand, and find it most interesting indeed.
I can only say to the Society and boys as a whole that it is
by perseverance in continuous activity that any success is achieved
ip our great American Republic. The opportunities for advancement
are even better to-day than they were when I was a young man start¬
ing out on my career. It is the man who accomplishes something
that makes the suocobs, and opportunities are continually opening
]fp , not only in connection with the great railroads, but equally
so in all other industries that are growing so rapidly and enor¬
mously in our great country. Ambition and perseverance will
apcosiplish this end, and those who are negleotful of their oppor¬
tunities must of necessity fall behind and become one of the great
army of workers rather than leaders of men.
With best wishes for the continued success of the Society
and thanklpg you for the invitation tp visit you should I have
“*• D. Thillipn. (2) 2/16/07.
occasion ta stop off in your great and rapidly growing city,
believe to be.
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"Win. -3*. .Edison, Esq.. ,
'ffiaterriew^ Virginia.
Dear Wills
As per your favor of the 17th. inst., I heg to enclose you
-herewith the .following checks-:
November 10., 1906. Check # 6668 4 35.00.
” 17, " * 6742 35.00.
" 24, " » 6755 35.00. 4
December 1, " " 6778 35.00.
" 8, " " 6801 70.00
" 22, « " 6920 35.00.
Kindly return these checks as soon ub you are through with
as we must have them to complete our
them;
files, and greatly oblige.
Yours very truly,
'ebruary 26, 1907.
Messrs. Munn & Co.,
361 'Broadway, New York.
Bear Sirs:
I Beg to enclose you herewlth^my check for Three hollars, for
one years subscription "to the Scientific American. Will you kindly send
the same to Mr. CharleB Bdison, Xlewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey
and greatly oblige.
Yours very truly,
Dear Mias Beckwith:
I am very sorry to inform you that it will Be imposs¬
ible for you to make an appointment with Mr. Edison, as he is away
on his vacation, and not expected hack until the middle of April.
Yours very truly,
Schmitt’ Brothers,
40 East 23rd. Street,
Mew York City.
Dear Sirs:
Mrs. Thos. A. Edison requested me to write you' and say that the
top of the table you sent her never looked right. She would like you to e
send a man over at your earliest convenience and put the table in proper
condition .
Yours very truly.
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National Aniline & Chemical Co.,
100 William Street, Hew Yorh.
Dear Sirs:
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letter of the 26th. hit.,
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Dear Sir:-
Your thesis has heen forwarded me from the mill,
and 1 find that it contains much that is of interest. It
is unfortunate that most manufacturers are not in position
to make such extended investigations for the sake of pure
science hut we each contribute our mite- It is gratifying
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May 28, 1907.
E. c. .Benedict, Esq.,
Indian Harbor,
Greenwich, Conn.
W dear Benedict:
In reply to your letter of the 8th. ult., I beg to state
that laws originally was President of a western college. Cane to Hew
Torjc and was made president of the Gold Exchange: got up the Gold Indi¬
cator. Resigned and started the system. Had 600 subscribers, made a
large amount of money. Sold out to the Gold and Stock Telegraph Co.,
for $100,000.00, and $10,000.00. a year until gold went to par.
Laws had trouble in running his system: Prank Pope was
in charge. One day there was an accident and Pope got rattled, because
exactly 600 boys came up a narrow stairway, to state that their indicator
was out of order. I happened to be there and found the trouble; result,
Pope quit, I took his place.
While in Boston previous to this I had invented a Stock
Printer, Callahan in Hew York also invented one
The Gold and Stock Co., was started by Andrews and Pield
and I understand Benedict. My patents were finally bought by the Gold
and Stock Co. Callahan was bought out by the Gold and Stock Telegraph
Company.
You are right about Tommy; he did sleet in the Battery
Room and put in about 22 hours daily, now reduced to 18 hours.
When you go fiBhing, why dont you come down to Florida,
the Gulf side at Port Myers, guarantee 20 fish per hour, 26 varieties
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George F. Kunz, EBq. , ^
401 Fifth Avenue,
Mew York City.
Dear Mr. Kuna:
In reply to your favor of the 27th. inet., I heg to state
that I use the Lithia chemically. Just bought eleven hundred pounds
carbonate at eighty five cents. I find that this lot was imported and
was made from Spodumen exported from this country to Germany.
Storage Battery, new cell', will he out in a couple of
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Yours truly.
Jas . T . White & Co . ,
320 Eifth Avenue,
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This letterbook covers the period July 1907-May 1908. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison, John F. Randolph, and Harry F. Miller. There are
also some letters by Mina Miller Edison. Many of the items relate to Edison’s
progress on the concrete house and frequent renewals of notes for money
advanced by Edison to the Edison Portland Cement Co. Also included are
letters pertaining to Edison’s work on his alkaline storage battery; the
manufacture of batteries by Sigmund Bergmann in Berlin, Germany; the
possible use of bismuth in the battery; and difficulties at the ore processing
plant in the Dunderland region of Norway. In addition, there is correspondence
pertaining to the impending shutdown and attempted sale of the Darby Mine in
Ontario, Canada; a letter by Edison stating that he has "nothing to do with the
reproduction of music by the National Phonograph Co."; and several letters
regarding the suicide deaths of John F. Randolph, Edison’s secretary, and
William Simpkin, a draftsman for the Dunderland Iron Ore Co. Also included
is a letter to the novelist Theodore Dreiser in which Harry F. Miller conveys
Edison’s permission for an interview. Among the items pertaining to family and
personal matters are letters concerning a second mastoid operation on
Edison's ear and his convalescence; his membership in clubs and societies;
and the upkeep of his winter home at Fort Myers, Florida.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "Thos. A.
Edison, Personal Letter Book, From - July 1st, 1907. To - May 29, 1908."
There is an inscription on the spine with similar information. The spine is also
stamped "10." The book contains 995 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 20 percent of the book has been selected.
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V. H. Fogarty, Esq.,
1116 Eight Street,
Saoremanto, Cal.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 3rd. inrt., I beg to state
In reply to your favor of the 13th. inst., I beg to state
tixat-I have dropped oobalt entirely and will probably never take it
up again.
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S. H. Pollen, Esq. ,
Pitzalan Houbo,
Arundel St., Strand,
London, W. C. England.
Dear Sir:
I call your attention to the sixth paragraph of your
circular of the 17th. of July, and request that you "be a little
more careful in making statements of this kind.
I reoeived no designs whioh were approved hy me; I simply
sent the drawings of the new rolls.
that I am 'building a Bmall model of a house which I propose next
year to build entirely of cement.
Youra truly,
Edw.
Rothschild , Esq.,
core S. Dangsdorf & Co.,
17 Crosby St., New York.
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1, 1907.
Dear Sir:
In reply to. your letter of the 26th.
that I do not remember any one by the name of
Will you kindly let me know where he is doing
ult., I beg to state
Samuel S. Erankenstynv
the construction workr
and greatly oblige,
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H. M. 'Wilson, Esq.,
Darby Mine, Latchford,
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tt.t you want to go t, the .Uorte.t eut to the «i«. I - al.po.ed
to .top now. I a. not prop... to drift forty or fifty feet.
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a-bout all tbe money I am going too.
yours truly.
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Mrs. Alex. H. Rice,
The Cambridge ,
Cambridge, New York. *
Rear Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 5
state that the last address I had of W. 1. Edison, was Marshallton
Post Office, Relaware.
Yours truly,
50
August 19, 1907.
Jacob Henry, Esq.,
Jasper, Georgia.
Dear Sir:
In reply tp your letter of the 14th. inst., I heg to state
that at present my chemist is very busy and it will be some time
before he can make tests.
Yours truly,
August 19, 1907
Ewald Stulpner, Esq.,
Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Sir:
a reply to year letter ol toe 6th. lo.t.. 1 «»6 *» »«*'
that I suppoae the only thine we eon do M to wilt and hate Hr.-
T..1.. porter, hi. contract, Settles p.l«» trm °»*°« “ °' K’
can't you find eo.e other well driller In the etatel let
_ no we will know where we stand,
Mr. Towles say yes or no, so
Yours truly.
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August 23, 1907.
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B. M. Jones, Esq., Aas't Seo.,
Mercantile Trust Company,
120 Broadway, Hew York.
Dear Sir:
According to your letter of the 22nd. which I am returning
to you, you say that the check you received was for services from
the year 1890 to 1907. My understanding is that it should read from
the year 1890 to the year of 1908.
Kindly give this your kind attention and greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
for your attention,
Yours very truly,
September 12, 1907.
Frederickstown, Mo. 1/
Dear Sirs: '
In reply to your letter of the 7th. inBt.,I beg to state
that I now have a substitue for Cobalt, which I use in the battery.
I however use a little which I extract from Canadian ores; my supply
of ore will be used up in about two months and I shall want a fresh
supply of Cobalt.
: cents per pound metallic, in c
Hew York. Twelve per cent ore and it costs me twenty eight cents
per pound to get in form cf oxide, which I reduce by oharcoal and
melt in electric furnace to anodes.
From my experience with your ores, I can't see how you
can compete with this proposition,
JL.
September 13, 1907.
Meno Kammerhoff , Esq.,
Deutsche Ediaon-Akkumulat oren Co.,
37-39 Drontheimer Str., Berlin, Germany.
Dear Sir:
Bogers- has his man making drawings of Rubber Separator
Tools. To day we are working the big filling machine. Monday we
start finishing si* others, one of which I will ship to you.
We are progressing rapidly now and you can count on 144
w.r. sour. * 4 »» th. short charge. kod.1 Wing Iron »•<»»■
Uh. nickel ..rk. good, to mklng lull elt.d -eehlnee,
Yours truly,
United States Electrical supply
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Clarke:
I have your fhvor of September 11th. The posi¬
tion that 1 have always assumed relative to high potential or high
frequency currents is so well-known that it is impossible for me
to write you a letter approving of its use in connection with
your lectures or otherwise. I have always been opposed to its
use, and could not signify my approval to you or anybody else
under the circumstances.
Yours very truly,.
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R. W. Devonshire, Bb q. , Gen. Mgr.,
American Bell Telephone Company,
Ho. 125 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 30th. ull
that if you desire to terminate the arrangement, I have
Yours tn
, I heg to state
objections,
Fjluoenn - .
October 2, 1907,
\ .ilBO
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Latchford, Ontario,
Canada .
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 26th„ ult., regarding you:
going home, I beg to state that you better close things up before
you go. Then leave a caretaker while you are away; then you can
close up selling the machinery, when you return,
Yours truly.
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Messrs. Brentano's,
Union Square, New York.
Dear Sirs;
In reply to your favor of the 3rd. jnst., I Beg to state
that you can renew the Subscriptions for Mr. S. 0. Edison for another
year.
Please make the bill out in the name of the Edison
Laboratory and oblige,
Yours truly,
October 7, 1907.
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Messrs. "Brentano's,
Union Square ,
Hew York.
Dear Sirs:
Please send the following publications to
Mrs. Marion E. Oeser,
Modenheimer Str. 4,
Mulhausen, Elaass,
•ermany.
for one year.
Life > MoClures,
Harpers Monthly, Century,
Cosmopolitan, Munsey's
Harpers Weekly.
Kindly hill same against the Edison Laboratory, and oblig
Yours truly.
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October 9, 1907.
Simeon H. Rollinson, Esq. ,
252 Main St., Orange, N. J.
In regard to the enclosed letter from Mr. R. W. Walk er, I
beg to enclose you herewith copies of the following letters:
letter to Mr. R. W. Walker dated December 17, 1906.
letter from Mr. John Morris dated December 27, 1906.
letter from Mr. R. W. Walker dated December 26, 1906.
letter to Mr. John Morris dated October 5, 1907.
letter from Mr. John Morris dated October 8, 1907.
After you have looked over the above letters, I think you will
agree with me when I say that Mr. Walker is not entitled anything, as
he admits in his letter dated Dec. 26, 1906 from Carter, Tennessee,
that it was not there in quantity.
However to help him out, I will make him' a present of
Fifty ( $50.00.) Dollars, and enclose herewith my check for same,
[is K&
Yours truly,
October 12, 1907
Ewald Stulpner , Esq „ ,
Port Kyers, Florida.,
Dear Sir:
In reply to your favor of the 3rd, i.r, 3" , beg to state that
you better go ahead and irrigate well and have fine grass all over
when I get there, which will he earlier this year,
Yours truly,
4
October 12, 1907.
Wm. P. Helm, Eb q. ,
92 Eleventh Ave„,
Newark, N. <T.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 7th„ inst., I beg to state
that I am so very busy just
that 1 have no time to be interviewed
Yours truly,
Ill
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October 16, 1907,
Sheraer *. Vincent, Eai . ,
7 Dunham Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
T.n reply to your letter of the 9th. Inst., I beg to state
that inventors get no protection as it is, as the U. S. Courts do
not sustain patents.
The result is the best inventors in the United States,
stopped inventing end have descended to mere „«»»f acturlng . So
an, extension of the patent «.nld produce no result, to the inven or,
yours truly, ^
j October 16, 1907.
H. P. Parshall, Esq., '/
Salisbury House , j/
London Wall,
London e. c. England.
Lear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 1st. inst., I beg to state
that Bergmann*s permission to sell in England and Prance, is only
temporary and until suoh time as factories are established.
You must have some batteries to pioneer withSrYou probably
see now, why I wanted to stop making the old battery. There are
always certain comnercial considerations which must be met, before
things can be permanently successful, v
Yours truly, /
'OllW CX^oSu
October 16, 07
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1900 Broadway, New York.
Bear Sire:
In reply to your letter of the 10th. inet. , I beg to state
that I am v/ell supplied, just now,
Yours truly,
October 16, 1907
j. C. Reiff, Eb q. ,
20 Broad Street,
New York City.
Bear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 12th. inst. , I beg to state
that I have read over the brief. It seems to be all right,
Yours truly,
D. P. Bradshaw, Esq.,
Einatioe Committee,
Commercial Telegraphers Union,
Astor House, New York City.
pear Sir:
Yours favor of the 15th. received. Please find enclosed,
check for One hundred ( $150.00.) and fifty dollars.
You will confer a favor, by not mentioning the subject;
^ think your organization has made a botch of the whole thing. The
are too many youngst^s. Had the married men been given five votes
to or, -f the unmarried, you would have had a conservative sort of
quarrel and a compromise and partly won out,
Very truly you£fu
Haworth Stone & Building Co.,
1 Beekman Street, Hew York.
Dear Sirs:
In reply to your favor of the 22nd. inst. , I beg to state
that the moulds for the house will cost $25000.00., the machinery
about $15000.00.
I shall erect, the first one near the laboratory in the
spring. One set of moulds will probably permit a house being built
every 15 days; the machinery would keep four moulds busy.
If you want to see the model house, come over to the
laboratory.
The only terms I will ask- that the house be erected
properly,
Yours truly,
H. G. Barnum, Esq., Pres., y.)
First Nat'l Exchange Bank,
Port Huron, Michigan.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 21st. inst., I heg to state
that if you refer to the mine which I own in the cohalt district,
would say that I do not want to give an option, hut will sell for
cash,
Yours truly,
M. R. Hutchison, Esq.,
1 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of the 19th. inst., heg to state that
I have done a lot of experimenting on producer gas for kilns.
If Mr. Nagel has got any-thing good; I am open for a deal
to test it experimentally,
Yours truly,
] October 29, 1907.
Johnson Mathay & Co.,
Hatton Gardon,
London, England.
I shall soon he in the market for a regular supply of
Bismuth, either metal or salts. It will be used for a special purposi
andijjnot interfere with jbhe regular market.
I understand your firm sets and holds the price. If you
care to make me a special price, with conditions, we probably can
do some business. I want to avoid working the ores myself.
Shall need about fifty pounds daily, after first of year
and thereafter gradually increasing the amount, — . - -
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October 29, 1907
S. Bergmann, Esq. ,
Bergmann Electrical Works,
23 Oudenarder Str., Berlin, Germany.
My dear Bergmann:
In reply to your favor of the 15th. inst., I heg to
state that the tube filling machine is Being crated to day. I guess
you will get the job for machinery for English battery. Have no
letter from Morgan Harjes & Co.; don't want any, until I am ready.
We are pushing so as to turn out fifty per day,
by December. You will not be able to do so, so quick.
The battery is fine,
Yours very^truly-,—
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. W. S. Mallory, Esq.,
Edison Portland Cement Co,,
Stewa. tsvllle , New Jersey.
Dear Sir:
As per your request I am enclosing tax bill for the property
at Edison, Hew Jersey,
Yours truly,
Yours truly,
Nov. 11, 1907.
British-American Specialty Co.,
In reply to your favor of the 21st. ult . , I heg to state
that any person you may send I will give full information and Bhow
the model. The iron forms i
i being made. I enclose a circular
which I send out to people, who ask information on the subject.
I have no company and do not intend to take advantage of
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Broadway & 22nd. St.,
Hew York City, M. Y.
Dear Sirs:
In reply to favor of the 14th. inst. , I "beg to Btate
that Mr. Dye r i? general counsel for a number of companies in which
I am ’.ntee«-(5*ed. gets a good salary and I think him a reliable
Arthur L. Bennett, Ban.,
28 McGill College Ave„,
Montreal, Canada.
Dear Sir:
Yours truly,
4
In reply t.o your letter of the 5th. inst., I beg to state
that the architects who drew up the plans for the model house are
located at # 2 East 33rd. St., New York. Name of the firm is
Mann & KacHe ille ,
the firm is
Fred. A. Binney, Esq.,
Third and C. Streets,
San Diego, Califi
Dear Sir:
In reply to your favor of the 5th. inst., I beg to Btate
that I can use any soil, which is composed of sand, or Band and
gravel. A little experimenting with a good cement, used very wet, will
soon convince one that a sandy soil, even with some loam in, is all
right in reinforced concrete.
I have built, 7 factory buildings, covering 9 acres of
fl<
space, with ordinary sand and gravel,
November 18, 1507.
American Radiator Co.,
104 West 42nd. St.,
New York City, N. Y.
Dear Sira:
In reply to your letter of the 12th. inst., I beg to state
that some time this winter, I shall have plans completed for moulds.
I have already gone into the heating prospect and got data. I
will he glad to take the matter up with your company when ready.
Would you care to hid on casting about 250000 pounds of
moulds; they are very ornamental and must he very smooth; which is
the character of your work. There seems to he a future for these moulds
should I succeed in casting the house.
If you are interested, you might send an expert over and
see the model house,
Yours truly,
November 21, 1907.
O' \ K
losers. Frost & O'Brien,
The Co-operative Press,
Mail & Express Bldg.,
New York City.
Sirs :
Since you left the other day, Mr. Edison has received a full
report of your concern and pedigree. He objects to your using the
paper and now .’~ks that you return the same,
Yours truly,
November 22, 1907
■
L. A. Dover, Esq,,
Associated Press,
Portland, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
In reply t. yonr letter o! the 13th. Inst., I heg to state
that X a. a little sour en the Onion. »h.„ they were in entree.es X
sent money to alleviate distress, with a r.„ue„t that it should not
h. mentioned; whereupon they sent word around, to every o«ioe, tha
I had sent them money etc. It will
November 22, 19
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W. P. Hix, Esq.,
104 Madia on Ave . ,
New York City:
Dear Mr. Hix:
In reply to your favor of the 19th. ir.st. , I beg to
state that our policy in the National Phono. Co., will be adapted
in the Battery; which is no exclusive rights. This has resulted i
an enormous developement of the phono business and every dealer i
making lots of money.
You can bring Duncan over any time,
Yours very truly,
II
Brentane 1 c ,
Union Sq’u<*: f- .
Hew York
Dear Sira :
P U a sc mail t»
Burlington; II. J. the fo.
N. Y. Herald-daily,
Hunaey
Harper's
McClure
Everybody 't-
Century
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, .nur ton Willard, R. P. Belivery No.
wing , for one year;
Scribner’ a
Blue Book
Red Book
Puck
Harper's Weekly
».-•? in at the Bdieon Laboratory, m
Yours +rvly,
209
of Carbonate* Sulphate or Hydroxide and probably more.
How about a supply oi cheap Bismuth ores? Can you produce
236
y December 9, 1907.
E. Stulpner, Eaq. ,
Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 30th. ult., I beg to state
that I have engaged a gardener for our place, as you requested. He
will be down about Hew Years and I guess can take hold by January
3rd. or 4th., and relieve you so you can move around that time.
How is the House at end of dock getting on; also, how many
palms along the road survived.
)ecember 14, 1907.
Henry S’. Liebbe, Esq.,
State Architect for Iowa,
Board of Control of Statt
> Institutions,
State of Iowa.
Bear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 4th. inst., I beg to state
that I am taking precautions about dampness and have kegs, made of
eement and filled with water, to observe the rate of loss of water
by porosity. The variations are immense, according to how the cement
is made. Am also observing the rate of penetration of water Boluable
dye oolors.
I think the doctors refer more particularly to block built
houses, ueing a damp cement in moulds. The porosity of these blocks
is very great and they are not suitable for dwellings.
Yours truly,
259
American Conorete-Steel Co.,
Union Building, Newark, N. J.
Youtb of the 7th. receives. Below please find process
for making Cement Relief Pictures.
CEMENT RELIEF PICTURES.
Prom an ordinary photographio negative, a glass positive is
made. A photographio dry plate is fixed and washed, giving a film
of clear gelatine on a glass support. This is sensatized in a solu¬
tion of Potassium Bichromate and allowed to dry in the dark. The
gelatine "bichromate plate is then placed behind the positive in a
printing frame and printed in daylight. It is then soaked in cold
water and placed in hot water, which causes the gelatine to swell
in the parts where the light has not acted upon it, but where over
the light gets through in the white parts of the positive; the
gelatine becomes insoluable and does not swell. In this way a
plate is obtained, having relief in a gelatine film; a plaster cast
is made from this. When this plaster cast is dry, it is saturated
in a bath of paraffine and an electrotype is made of the surface
containing the picture. This copper electrotype is used as a mould
from which any number of cement copies can be made,
The pictures are both made with neat Edison Cement.
Yours truly, - " ' >
ole
262
Heller & Merz Co.,
Hamburg Place ,
Newark, N. J.
Bear Sire:
Please aend me ounce sample of Alcohol Benzol or Turpen¬
tine Soluable colors. I want to make some experiments to see if
they can he utilized with Portland Cement work.
Yours truly,
Mr. JEllis lever
December 17, 1907.
Colwyn Bay, Wales.
My dear Mr. Lever:
I duly received your favor of the 21st. of
October, and note your reference to some of the inventions which
I have gotten out in the past and in which your eon Charles wae
so much interested at the time he was in Menlo Park, and thank
you for the honor you do me. It is greatly to be regretted that
your eon did not live to fulfill the promise of his early years.
I note with interest the postal card which you sent me, showing
the handsome residence at Colwyn Bay, the corner stone of which was
laid by him.
The plans for cheap concrete houBee mentioned by you have
not been developed sufficiently for me to furnish you with any
particular information that would be useful, except that which has
already been published and with which you are, of course, familiar.
Thanking you for your kind wishes, 1 am,
mm
Youri
265
Kdison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartaville , Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:
In my chemical works I shall use about l/4 ton daily, of
pure Caleite . Please have somebody pick out from your pile from
Crestmoor, a number of pieces ( fist size) say 10 pieces, of the
whitest and best crystalized; also from Raub, if you have any.
Want to test it for Alumina and see if by picking, I could use it.
I now pay $200. 00. per ton for it.
Prank Denton
Denton, Dunn & Boulfbee
20 King St. E., Toronto, Canada.
Dear Sir;
Tn reply to your letter of the 13th. inst., I heg to state
that vf h*re Btarted manufacturing the new type of battery. Over
2 CO truc> -e h«en operated with great success, for over three
years, with the old ; and are still running fine. Adams Express
Company have r*- nundred.
There is a great amount of experimenting going on, in
trucks, and I 'nk there is one type that is nearly perfect and
suitable for pubuic trucking companies.
When I am ready to supply the new cell, will let you
know and give you such data that you would need.
Yours truly.
z..„
7/ill you please ask the experts of the Smelting Co., if at
any of their worts they have Bismuth residues or do they receive
any ore with bismuth. I am after a supply of Bismuth for a
new application and the supply is closely cornered in London.
Thanking you in advaree for your trouble, I, am, —
post Of /'ice Station 0, Baltimore, Kd.
Dear Sirs:
In reply to your letter of the 31st ult., I “beg to state
that I can use from 100 to 200 pounds of Metallic Bismuth per day,
if I can get it cheap enough. T use it to increase the capacity of
my new battery. I could use it in any residuum or slag, after you
had obtained your gold from the slimes.
Jan. 7, 1908.
Chaa. E. Semple, ,
30 W. Federal Street,
Young .own , Ohio .
Dear Sir:
Ir. reply to your favor of the 3rd inst., I beg to state that
it will ”e all right for you to come over to the laboratory any time,
and inspect the model house.
Jan. 7, 190?
The Tropical Breeze,
Fort Myers, Florida.
Dear Sirs:
in reply to letter
that I am building a pavillion at
use ten or f if *-®en
of the 30th ult., I *<> stat
me end of pi«r, but will only
it.
Yours truly,
January 9, 1908.
V. Gherardi, Ksr^ , /'
237 V/. 30th. St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:
Your letter to Conova, New York Herald, received. I want
some clay modelling done and will pay Four Dollars per day, usual
factory hours, if you can do the work satisfactorily.
You might come over and see the kind of work I want.
Yours truly,
318
S. E. Kinton, Esq ,
P. V. T.. ' * ,
Pen. *,air<l, V;
Tjear Sir:
Jn reply to your
that I sov. not in i. >-!■.!/, ,''o in ^ cutter
Jan. 9, 1908,
,-our letter or tl>* 7th inst., I Deg to state
yours truly,
<
T . C . Mart in , Esq.,
239 W. 39th St.,
Hew York City.
Jan. 9, 1908.
My dear Martin:
I regret to say that it will he impossible for me to
attend the dinner. My etornel. ha. gone hack on me »g.in, »hicli
neceBBltates W lyind ««■ t"~ * “**• * "0t 4°
in the Metropolis.
323
Sin .'i He-r, ,q, ,
52ii E. 138th St„ ,
New York City,
Dear Sir:
January 14, 1908.
In reply to your letter of the 29th ult., I beg to state
that if you will come over to the laboratory I will give you a
trial at §4.00 per day. Take the D. L. & W. R.R. and get off at
Orange, walk one block north, take a oar marked West Orange and ask
the conductor to leave you off at the laboratory.
Yours truly,
WvmxVJ-
325
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January 16, 1908.
D. H. Coles, Esq.,
11 McDonough St.,
Brooklyn, N, Y.
Dear Kir -
In reply to your letter of the 11th Inst,, I beg to state
that I have read tons of experiments and theories, but there is
always something that is not explained. If you will read Tolver
Preston, on the Ether of Space, you might not be so sure you have
struck the right solution.
Yours truly.
334;
Jan. 17, 1908.
/ ■' -
Ity dear Bergmann:
I beg to confirm following cable, sent this day
via Western Union.
'S. Bergmann,
4 Sommerstrasse ,
Berlin, W„ Germany,
" Congratulations to Dodo on her marriage, Papa Bergmann must buy
her a fine automobile "
signed,
•* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Edison."
Yo urs^vwy^t ruly ,
_ O* —
To S. Bergmann, Esq,,
4 Sommerstrasse,
Berlin, w, Germany.
Mias Elizabeth Kugler,
100 South Irvine i
when it is poured and the a<
bath tub and everything is i
* tum cverytmng is moulded in one operation. After the
cement is set and the forms removed, only the doors and window
sash have to be put in and they constitute all the wood used.
After the first hoi
to give all plans and detail*
poured I will be in a position
341
Jan. 20, 19n8,
A. H. Tingle, Esq.,
Mitchell, So. Dakota.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 13th received. Read my first letter carefully.
I am now making jjatterns for the iron moulde for the first house,
there are 1200 sections. I don't think you could do much with the
mould for a single house, as the single mould would cost $25000.00,
and the machinery $15000.00 rut with the $15000. machinery and six
moulds you could keep the gang of <0 men continuously at work and
then the costs would come within my figure. Therefore it would
require a company to handle the scheme.
The first house will be poured tt i
all data will be availabu.. .
i coming summer, then
yours truly,
J. W. Buzzell, EBq. ,
East Orange, N. J.
Tn reply to your letter of the 15th inst., I heg to state
that I proposed using an elevator, have tried the experiment of
forcing the cement up a four inch pipe, hy compressed air; hut do
If you get a chance come up and i
Yours very truly,
' -'T
Jan. 21, 1908.
E. P. Earle, Eb 4. , Prea.,
Nipissing Mines Co,,
31 Nassau Rt., Hew York.,
Pear Mr. Earle:
In reply to your favor of the 18th inst., I beg to
atate that I am after Bismuth. Have you thought of the idea of
drilling 100 feet down on vertical 10 or 12 inch veins, 10 feet
from the shaft and loading the hole from top to bottom with
dynamite, and blowing the whole into the shaft: then do the same
thing with the next 10 feet and so on. I understand your walls are
firm. I did this in an iron mine once and it worked O.K. and gave
mighty cheap mining.
Yours truly,
345
Bronk A. Reynolds, EBq. ,
U. S. Dep't of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Washington,
Dear Sir:
Jan. 21, 1908.
Yours of the 14th inst., with dipping receive. I thank
you very kindly for the same. There have been many changes ana more
are coming.
Yours very truly.
P. B. Spahr, Esq.,
York, Penna.
Dear Sir:
Jan. 21, 1908.
In reply to your letter of the 17th inst., I heg to state
that I received the samples. I have a large number of colored Briquet¬
tes, colored by earthy pigments, which are now on test for strength,
permancy of color, effect of sulphur etc. The material I got from the
pigment people.
Yours truly.
January, 22. 1906.
Vy D«ar Mr. Miller:
V/e have arranged a plan hy which we wi
lie able to take care of the note for §10300- falling due on Jany
25th. without your indorsement and I expect to be able to see yo
the early part of next week and hand you a check in full, I will
also bring with me the agreement covering the transfer of the
stock and a renewal note to fall due on July 10th. 08.
Trusting that this will be satisfactor
and with kindest remembrances, I am
Yours very truly.
, j ; ; “•
Jan. 23, 1908
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
35 Drontheiraerstr.
Berlin, K. Germany.
% dear Eergmann:
Yours of the 8th inst., received. You assume that
we progress very fast over here. It is only to-day that we have
got our hig flake machinery started and it will he 10 or 15 days
■before I can send you the several pounds of flake.
I however am sending you a small sample, which
we make on our one drum and use for test cells. The flakes are
punched from the sheets and the copper eaten out while they are
agitated.
Tell Kamarrhof we had to oxidize the flake and
reduce it by hydrogen; 30 that the polish on the surface was
destroyed. Then the flake adheres to the green particles, which
it did not always do, when it was polished.
Yours very trulv.
3 3?
January 25, 1908.
E. P. Earle, Esq. ,
31 Nassau Street.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 22nd received. I have been offered a price by
the Johnson Mathey end of the Bismuth Combination, but I am in the
same boat as I was, with Cobalt, as I cannot make any money in
using Bismuth, without I can get it at a certain price.
I know that they buy all the Bismuth ores in the market and
my only chance is, that possibly, I might find a margin on certain
kinds of ores, between the cost of extracting Bismuth in my own
works and the price they ask. I of course, know that you would sell
to me, if I could pay a slight advance over Mathey* s price.
Please quote price and assay of different lots, and if
send two pound sample and I will see what I can do.
possible
Yours very truly,
Jan. 28, 1908,
o.Hs.tnO
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i esrf bna
W. H. Gross, Esq.,
185 Market St. ,
Newark , N . J .
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 22nd inst., I -bee to state
that I am at the laboratory every day. Call up on telephone before
com inei Ho. 907 Orange.
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America,
Room 308, 56 Pine Street, New York.
Jan. 28, 1908
Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 23rd received. I am a little sore the way
your officers treated me. I sent money to help along, with a special
request, that my name should not be mentioned; the next morning your
officials had it published in all the mprning papers. It will take
me some time to recover from the shock.
Yours truly,
January 51, 19 OB,
Slipp-Butler Co, ,
45 Broadway,
New York.
Dear Sirs;
In reply to your letter of the 29th lust., I beg to state
that it is impossible for me to decide if there is enough margin to
make purchase of the ores attractive, until I have found out proper
method of working. Before I expend much time experimenting, I
should like to know, that in case I am successful, you could give me
si regular supply of o’-e of this character. I cannot only work up
?. process for a special character, as I have no general metallurgical
facilities to vrr.rf mixed ores.
If vour answer is far s rr.hle to providing a regular supply,
; shall w,i? t one ton of err. chipped here for experimental work,
-"Mob :• appose you will furnish at price quoted.
Yours very truly.
John Hi-tf-ra, v.s.<., \/
C/o Knoxville Typewriter & Phonograph Co.,
4!U Char St., Knoxville, loan.
Dear Sir:
I ta a in receipt of your favor of the 24th of January,
ami I air. indeed >_,1hc1 to lean: of the very great success you hc\'.
ht-f:n having in connection v.i th riie mile of the apparatus raanufc
turefi and cold hy the National Phonograph Co.
Personally, I give little, if any, attention to the commei
cial end of the phonograph or, in I'rr.r. , ;.uy other business, as
ay time ana efforts are given principally to my experimental wc
which is very diversified r.r.d not only touch.es on phonographs
and appurtenance* in connect ion thrrovith, but other fields the
art- absolutely cut aide of the talking r.u chine line. Nature. 11 j
I .an always interested in the success of the jobbers and dealer
generally, as, of course, this inures to the benefit of the m?.i
factoring and selling complies in which I air. a very large stoc
holder •
I appreciate very much the invitation extended in the last
paragraph of your letter, aching me to subscribe to some of the
stock in your company, but. I have siaae it s. rule not to >.ake st
in any companies other than those which I own and control. Pv
last few
Feb. 3, 1908.
tloT'.H .0
oinU'
John S, Eark-i, j. i. ,
1 ’ Ave . ,
.oton, Ill.
:*!l3 laser
•flri I'-iafo '’
Wolftoi Mni S1
sir:
In reply to your letter of the 30th ult., I beg to state
then, the Bouton Tech is hy far the best school in the United State
Yours truly,
intfcfdA' .E „E
rsss .rr
tx3 -iasdarver
S •I’-Jahi
Snlrijyns
G. Lasher & Son. ,
41 Clark Street,
Chicago. Ill.
Dear Sirs:
\/
Feb. 3, 1908.
Yours of t:. 30th ult., received. If you have any spare
cash, you better buy first class Railroad bonds. You can reduce
worry and sleep better nights.
Yours truly,
Gibson Realty Co.,
West Winfield,
row York.
I
Dear Sira:
In reply to your letter of the 30th ult., I beg to st
that the experimental house is a two family house; 49 feet long
21 wide, three stories and cellar; separate steam heaters and b
Gravel and sand from cellar excavation is only required.
Am now making patterns for moulds. The cost where soi
is sandy will be about $1200.00.
Yours truly,
/
Yfa. L. Keatir.g, Esq.
o/o American Typewriter Co.,
Shelton, Conn.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of tV.c 3rd inst., I beg to state
that you can get a fair technical 2d-.; cat ion from the International
Correspondence Schools at So rant on, Penna. It is very practical.
Yours truly,
JFeb. 5, 1908.
i\ . I'-y'walfl , "Esq, ,
89 Pine street,
IT'-v. :..rk Cat y.
Bear Sir;
In ply uO your letter of the 3rd inst., I beg to state
that Konweioer may be a good chemist, but he was a poor experimente
397
Prof. E. >’ , HicholB, \/
Col' iiia University,
pew York City, N. Y.
Dear Sirs
Yours of the 4th inst. received. You are right about the
sensitiveness. I have been snaking a lot of experiments with it
lately, on account of i-.o self induction. I only have : , expert.,,*
If you could drop
- to the laboratory, I 'r-
inf orsnation, so you could have one made. I ha-
inders of Strontium Carbonate great!, ... *e,
A ; honograph speaking to a Bell W-r-elvar> • i "
to reproduce the sound loud -■■■■•C-’ ; '",1" ‘
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Mrs. K. G. Shepherd,
1707 IT, Calvert St.,
Baltimore, Maryland,
pear Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 9th inat., I beg to state
that I myself, have been nearly deaf for fifty years. Last night
I listened to a concert and heard it all, using an instrument my
■wife bought in Hew York. It is called the Acousticon.
Perhaps this instrument would aid you very much. I think my
wife said she paid Fifty Dollars for it.
Yours very truly, — _
425
Pet). 18, 1908.
'Chas.' Steppler,' Esq., j
General Delivery,
S.i'.V 5fi-tt»‘our;;h ,Ba.
-rDear Sir:
In -reply to your 'i :- Mer of the 14th inst., I beg to 3tate
that at present 1 t. •.11 the men that I can utilise.
Yours truly,
I’eh. 18, 1908
Calvin T. 3 - ' ■
Market 8v.:- ■
::-.wark, Hew Je-.ioy.
Dear i:. - :
In reply to your letter -i
that no works are full -...*«<> J««t re
er recoismendat? or r
I heg to state
i herewith your
lett<
;ruly
J. w. Snyder, Esq., Feb* 19 • 1?0S.
3426 No. 218t St.,
Philadelphia, pa.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the loth in.t. receives
°“ Blve you i, j haye ^ ^ of ^
Within 60 days I „„„ lt „m
The best ans-.ve
Cement Works,
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Yours truly,
Feb. 20, 1908.
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Union National Bank,
760 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey.
Bear Sirs:
On account of the decease of Mr. J. S'. Bandolph, kindly
cancel the authority given him for signing checks. In future all checks
will be signed by H. i’. Miller, Cashier and countersigned by myself.
Yours very truly,
PoBtmaster,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:
Kindly forward money order on Orange, 11. J,, for the
proceeds of the enclosed M.0.#6417, from Wanganin, New Zealand
for tv/olvc shillings and oblige,
Yours truly,
Peb. 26, 1
Cryder & Company,
■
Park Ave . & 63rd St.,
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New York City, N. Y.
pv h^hi
Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 25th inst.
brought to Mr. Edison's attention
received. The wtter will be
on hie return ; ora the hospital,
f!|H
in about a week.
Youra truly,
III*
Cashier.
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Feb. 28, 1908.
Mrs. Beatrice Willard.
General Delivery,
Burlington, New Jersey,
Dear Mrs. Willard:
You r letter addressed to Mr. E, L. Dyer was handed
to me for attention. I cannot understand why the hank refused to p«j
Hr. Randolph's check. However I enclose Mr. Gilmore's check for the
same amount.
Yours truly,
Feh. 28, 1906.
Burton Willard, Esq.,
Burlington, New Jersey,
rear Sir:
Enclo.ed find tele*™. fro. Honor B. HoCutcheon, Benv.r,
Colorado, offerine you directorship la rater power oortpara,
Mr. Kl.on 1„ error. Ur. .« da.truoted « to iorrard this to
,-ou lor your attention. I have not replied to It.
Yours truly,
Ur. B. Camera.*,
President farmers' National Congrei
StagvilJ.e, II. C.
Your favor of Feb:
Edison , and he wishes to express to you Ms appreciation of your
inventions brought
no far as making an address before your body Is concerned,
this is something that Ur. Edison could never be prevailed
to do, as it has never been his custom to make public addresses
vf anj kind, and his many Interests, to say nothing of the expcr-
mentn which he is continually making, demand so much of his time
mt •*» l* *** ■>« «*» “ll *lth y0U S",t“b"
storage battery is intended for use in automo¬
biles, electric trucks.
uid in fact, any place where i
battery can be utilised to furnish power. I do not know, however,
that any „«■* of drawing a plow has been devised whereby a
storage itt- ry could be used.
I , circular in h“”“' ^ *“
. , Bilon as has been made public up to the present
giW you ouch infoixna-ion
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March 2, 19o8.
.7. S, Mallory, *:» q. ,
’ dison Pori land Cenent Co.,
Stewartsviil New Jersey.
Pear Sir:
Enel ob'.
E. C. Miller & Co. ,
Portland Cement Co.
It. Ly brand, return
r ise find certificate Wo. 668 in
for ICO shares preferred stool: of
Will you lrindly transfer the same
5 me for my signature and greatly
Yours truly,
the name of
the Edison
to Mr. V/illiara
oblige ,
T rea surer.
-onS
w. s. Mallory, Esq.,
Edison Portland <!eme»* 1:0 • »
Stev/a »•* eville , New Jersey.
Dear air:
Referring to your letter of the 14th ult , enclosing a
number of oeeds, covering property purchased by Mr. Edison, on which
the Pohatcong R. P. is being billed. Mr. Edison -wishes to know if
these deeds have Veen filed in the county courthouse.
An early reply will oblige,
Yours very truly,
March 7, 1908.
A. /k > . Thrown Co . ,
Elizabet'nport, N. J.
: -.a: Rirs :
Replying to yours of the 4th ins t . , we beg to say that we
expea-, to pay cur ''a mu ary accounts on or about the 20th of this
month, ,-:r. wi- w;.n take pleasure in sending you a check for your
account .
Yours very truly,
Cashie r.
March 9, IE08,
J. Truax, Esq.,
Station B,
Toledo, o.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 5t,h inst
«. . ° ,n lnst«» heg to state that my
£ ::rr- ^ ~ -* « «« >.
• j01" ln «“ “HTtU^Uw you describe.
Yours v*ry truly,
<
Mar. 9, 1908.
Miss Rilla McElwain,
Stratton, Colorado.
My dear Miss:
We are in receipt of your very kind letter of the 3rd
inst. Mr. Edison is still in the hospital, hut is very much better,
and expects to go south in a few days. Thanking you for your good
wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
Secetary.
G. Allen, Esq. ,
Albe rta , Canada.
replying to yours of March 5th. , I heg to state that I do not
manufacture telephone apparatus. I also cannot supply you with prices*
and catologues as you request. Tnink however, that you can secure
these from J. H. Bonnell & Co., or the Western Electric Co., of
New York City, who are large dealers in apparatus for telephones etc.
Yours very truiy,
■•jCETUi /UaA sunoA
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March 13, i9oS,
"3vrt Myers , Florida.
IXsar- Sir*
Enclose herewith Chech for $130.00 covering your salary for
Benseanbe r and January. We have sent afreet a check f or the Town and
County taxes, also a ;ch«ek to Evans & Co. fur $40.-10 covering their
TSSU .xsZ~ January 31st., and a oho oh to the H. E. Heitnan Co., for
$ST.SS, cove ring their hill of January 1st.
Whateve r balance yo.u.may have on hand, vri.ll you kindly see
1 Sr. Edison about it, on his arrival.
Yours -very truly.
Secretary.
March 16 , 1908.
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Dear Mr. Edison:
You asked me before you left how the Fort Myers
taxes of this year compared with last. I find that last year you
paid for State and County taxes $72.80, this year $98.05, and for
Town taxes last year $42.00, this year $51.60. quite an increase
over last year.
Yours very truly,
tba
' March 17, 1908.
V/. K. L. Eiok3on, Esq. ,
64 Strand, London, w.c. England.
Bear Sir:
Your letter of the 25th ult . was duly received, and owing
to Wr. Edison’s illness it was impossible to show it to him, until
to day. Accept my sincere sympathy, in the loss of Mrs. Bickson, and
believe me to be.
Yours very, truly,
20, 1908.
Stewartsville , Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:
Enclose herewith check to the order of the Edison Eortland
Cement Co., for §4700.00 covering note discounted to day. Owing to
Mr. Edison's absence in the South I A3&e'~to draw this check for
the full anjount. I also enclose bill for the interest on the same,
amounting to §78.55 for which kindly send me your check.
You will find herewith another bill for interest on the two
notes which fell due on March 5th and 16th. The bill amounts to
§200.54. Hill you kindly send me a check for this? I should think
it would be better to settle these interest charges, rather than
to have open account and interest compounded thereon.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
538
20 Broad Street,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir;
Yours of the 24th inst. received. We received * -not* *rem
iaiwon thie morning. He does net State how his health is,
although he requests us t. send him a nuirfber of things; »o I
Believe he is going to do some experimenting down there. This will
ge to -how that he i« gating Better. Be receives all the daily
Bapa^^nd qther foiejitjfdo publications .
fiis laat title we hoard of'Vr. Waller? he was in the Best
of health-
Yours very truly, ,y
■+SJ gP,-. j' -j
Secretary.
1/
March 26, 1908
W. 1. Edison, EBq.,
Hotel Imperial,
Broadway & 32nd St.,
Hew York ,Clty.
your letter of Thursday, requesting that we send check to
your new address received this mq.rning, But not until after your
check was mailed to Marshallton, Delaware. I presume that you want
u. to send the check in future to your Hew york address.
Yours very truly,
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Bdison Portland Cement Co.,
StewartBville , New Jersey.
Dear Sirs
I have received & letter from Mr. Edison regarding the
check for $16060.00, covering the. coupons of the Bdison Portland
Cement Company, due April 1st. Mr. Edison wishes me to write you
as follows, " I think for the present that I will huy the coupons
to the amount of $16p80.00. The coupons are quite as good security,
if not "better than notes."
I presume that when you receive the coupons from the
Jidelity Trust Company, you will send them along to us, sending us
a "bill for same.
Yours very truly,
it' l:
58.1
Dear Mr. Edison:
I enclose herewith check for W. S. Mallory, for
One Hundred Dollars, covering salary for the Month of March and
check for One Thousand Dollars to the order of the Pike Adding
Machine Company, covering subscription for stock due April 1st.
Kindly sign these and ratim and i will forward them.
I also enclose a hill of the National Phono. Co.
Foreign Department, Saw , for $165. cash delivered February
28th to Mr. Mill** and March 10th to Mrs. Edison. Kindly approve
thla bill, t enclose herewith a few letters for your attention.
I enclose herewith hill of the Rosedale Cemetery
for *188.00 for Mr. Randolph's grave. This has been O.K.d by Mr.
Baiaunan. Will you please approve it and return.
Please find the enclosed postal oard. The young
U*T «■*« «“» “ "M"** “ ““*• “ *
„„ per.lot.nt one. So I »*” *°
with. 8 • Title le the eeoond tin. the has written for it.
Yours very truly,
an.
Secretary.
Thomas A. Edison, Jfciq. , IX
i’ort Myors, EXae
Dear ITr. Edison: . • - .
2noloS« he rewith a 'letter rkceivik f rom George 0.
Bergeron, Latchford, Ontario, With a request that' ‘We send him
Ten Dollars for two trips to the. mines and a *1.70 for two locks
purchased. Also/requests us to inform him whether we want him to
prosecute the men who broke into the "camp.
V Kindly advise what to reply' to him and oblige,
Yours very truly,
rtlJltL.::
591
Port Hye ra, Tlorlda.
Dear Sir:
I have your letter of the 26th., In Which you request us
tA order two, 12 inch or 14 inch, "Electric Pan Motor* and one
i*ine Inch, Edison Battery Pan Motor. Immediately upon receipt of
jratth letter "I went Pat Brady into Peer York and he purchased the
two General Electric Motor* and saw them shipped by Adams Express.
The Edison Ifeono. ^Works will -ship the nine inch motor also by
express, to day.
Trusting you will receive them ell right, I «n,
Yours very truly,
I
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Market Street,
Genii* town:
Referring to the checks which you are to furnish me,
sampled of whioh I am holding to show Mr. Edison, kindly advise
-me what the price of these hooka will he, each hook to contain
one thousand checks. An estimated price will do as I want to have
94m idea, in order to tell Mr. Edieon.
Youre very truly,
fU, ■■
Secretary.
:r‘
'■ih ■
Oep. 0. Berg? rP»*
Lfrtoi»*«rA» Pnt*ri«, C«m(U.
W*r 81 Your lot*. r .r n.roh 86th 0*llln6 ”“r attention to too
trips «a6s „Y you to the Ita* «• -» ** •-*- “**
tuUdlhgt hat. hs.n »*»» tnto.reo.lw.i.
, encloos herewith a ohsoh ftr *»•» « ^ “r ^
trip. an* 1 ^.o ». to stats that * *• »•* - *°
th. persons who hrota Into ths hutWlns-
, ...I... herewith vouohor -hloh P«*« »«lf* -
return.
Yours very truly,
Thoa. A. Bdls^p/lfcq.,
Tort Mye rs, Fl a. .
Dear Ur. Bdlson:
I enclose herewith a check to the order of the
BoaedalB Cemetery for $233.00. Since you approved the hill for
the lot in Ur. Bandolph*» grave, a second hill was received
covering the charge for building the hricfc tomb amounting to
Forty Five Dollars. 1 have Included this in the check. Till you
kindly D. K. the "bill and return.
1 also enclose several letters for your attention.
Yours very truly.
April 13, ;1«ob.
¥rs. ¥. E. Poyer,
SZ59 So . Park Ave . ,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Mrs. Payer:
Yours, of the 10th Inst., requesting that I send
you your chock to reaoh you hy the 15th inst., received. I regret
that I will he unable to comply with your request as all checks
here to he forwarded to Mr. Edison in the South Tor his signature.
This takes about a week. I will, however, nail your check to night
su* will send it on just as soon as it gate hack here.
I will send it to the above address, unless I
Mia 8 Eugenie L. Stilwell, /
168 Stanley Avenue, 'S
Hamilton, Ontw Canada.
Dear Miss Stilwell:
. pr. Edison has instructed me to -continue the
allowance made you, for three more months. I will therefor Bend
you i the -usual check on April 20th, May 20th and June 20th.
Yours very truly,
April 16 j 1908.
Mrftvfai. L. Edison,
Hotel imperial,
Hew York City.
Bear l&tdam:
As per instruct lone received from Mr. Edison, I beg to e
close herewith, a check to your order for $100.00. Kindly acknoifrledg
receipt.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Sort Myers, Ela.
Bear Mr. Edison:
April 16, 06,
Your letter instructing me to Bend check to Mrs.
W. L. Edison r Hotel Imperial, received to day. The check went
forward promptly. I obtained this from the Edison Mfg. Co. and
I beg to enclose your check to their order for the same amount,
•whioh has been charged on your hooks to 1m. Edison.
Yours very truly,
:t»ta-Mns0
Hf ’.Mbtfi
[id*
ai ij/d K«ff
Dunderland Iron Ore Co. Ltd.,
Fitzalan House, Arundel St.,
Strand, London, w.o. England.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the let inet. regarding the difficulties
you are experiencing in your Norway Plant received. In reply I
hog to State that the cause of the breaking of the holts ie not
due to the bolts, but is due to the fact that you a© not scrape
your plates to fit the mandril. If thereto notjjperfect scraped
fit the plates will give a little every time a rock is cracked
and pull the heads of the bolts off, nothing Trill stand this
action. It never occurs with ub as we tike a section of a
mandril i» our shop and scrape each plate to a dead fit. As the
plates last for orushing several hundred thousand tons on big
roll the expense is almost nothing per ton. You should do this
on the ftae crushing rolls. Take my advice in this and you
will be surprised at the results.
We have no trouble with our dryers, probably your
trouble i®&t .buttle .« *»• »««
throw* -t*. «T.r. »a« y«» b... . -» *» a“ln°”
,0 th. B- /ou .r. uebl. to the Plato, r.rpod. they
*11 B.t when or. i. *«■•*«. “* if *»' °™
_ tb. X.r«» 1.®. tibt - d“*0r r°U
the plates.
will c«T-tainly warp
You should not have any spill of ore if you deliver
the ore on the belt properly. To do this is quite an art and
can only he learned hy experience. We have no trouble -with
this. I have recently applied for a patent, whereby the
wear of conveying belt is reduced one half and the capacity
increased. We have them in operation at our works and they
Yours very truly,
Orange, N. J. April 16, 08.
... «. • •; Portland Cement Co.,
StewartBVille, New Jersey.
Dear Sirs:
I teg to acknowledge receipt of yours of the 15th
inet., enclosing check for $4000.00 from the Treasurer of the
State of New Jersey to the order of the Pohatoong Railroad
Company.
This has been deposited to the credit of the Pohatcong
Railroad Company in the Union National Bank of Newark, N. J.
Yours very truly,
April 20, 08.
J. P. Morgan & Co.,
Broad. & Wall Sts.,
New York City.
Dear Sire:
I enclose herewith, check for Twenty Dollars, Being
an additional subscription to the Longfellow Memorial Commitee
for the statue to be erected in Washington.
Yours very truly.
ai.a
April 22, 08.
Cobalt. Oat. Canada.
Yours of ths 11th inst . , regarding sale of my claim
J. B. 33 in the Portage Bay diotriot of the Coleman Township
reoeivw*. I beg to state that the price I want for this mine
and machinery is $18000.00 spot cash.
Yours very truly,
735
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April 22, 08
W. 1. Bdiaon, Eaq.,
Douglas Mario r Inn,
Douglaston, I. I.
Sear Sir:
Yours of the 21st inst., calling our attention to
your change of address received. This will have our attention.
As to the receipt for the $100.00 heg to state that
the same reached us all right. '
Yours very truly.
Secretary. '
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736
April 22, 08.
M. P. HarriBon, Esq,,
cars Now. York World,
Pulitzer Building,
Park Row, New York.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 14th inat. regarding the 25th anniversary
number ef the World, received. This letter was forwarded to
Mr. Edison and he said that inasmuch as the National Phono.
Compaby ia to he represented in that issue, this is all he
cares to do.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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t£9&99$*»
t Btiri 10 1
746
Automatic- Ventilator Co..,
B5 Liberty Street,
Hew Yoric City, H.Y.
Bear Sira:
Youru of the 15th inquiring aB to the habits of Mr.
Cetta, who claims to have worked for me, received. Mr. Cetta
Was employed here about 18 or 20 years ago by me, doing
carpenter work in connection with the Paris Exposition. His
work waB entirely satisfactory at that time.
Yours very truly.
b'" •« •*
\n xnsqrao:
tag
Dr. Samuel G. Tracy,
240 WWt lo2nd St.,
HewYorit Oity, ’*.Y.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 23rd inst. , endldelng ft pwnphlet on the
influence of High JraqUonoy aectric Currents in Retarding
Senility; received. Ur. Bdison requests me to thank you for
thin pamphlet and to state that'1 in hie opinion i* people
would diminish the. amount of food they eftt to a point where the
nutrition value of the contente of the large intestine, is very
low, the hacoili of that trac’t would starve to death and not
make toxin to poison the whole eyotera.
He says that although he ie <51 y»rs old hie arteries
are still in fine condition.
* YourB very truly.
Secretary.
764
Jo P. Korean & Co.,
23 Wall Street, Hew York.
Gentlemen:
Please purchase for uy account, to the extent of One
hundred thousand Dollars, at a price not greater than the
latest quotation on the 24th or 25th of April, b mixed lot of
the following Bonds, to he registered in ray namet
Hew York Central 1st Mortgage 3 l/2 %
West Shore 1st "
Onion Paoifio 1st »
northern Pac if:. > 1st "
Enclosed please find cheok for same.
April 27, OB,
tt. Qernebaok, Bsq. , »iitor,
Modem Sieetrios,
87 Warren St.,
Wee York.
Dear Sir:
Youra of March 28th received. , also the copy of
LModern XL eo trice. Please accept ay thanks for th'6 first copy
of your magazine. Wishing you every success, I ar^
Yours very trull",
[oatfameO .H
>M
K 'as- io2
J. N. Brulatour, Edq. ,
The Lumiere North American Co. ,
11 West 27th Street, New York.
Dear Sirs
- Youra of the 20th inst., requesting an interview
received. Mr. Edison instructs me to say that he will be at
the laboratory every day this week, but it would be advisable
for you to telephone the morning .you intend coming out to See
if Mr. Edison will be here nfr. that particular day.
Yours very truly,
Secretary, }
J. M. Alexander, Baq., \ /
Healdsbursi Cal. J /
,’“r .r the i«h or
to. heed held ...1UUS »l»n- return rro„ the »»*“•
hu, juet got - lnetructe « to re*, to ,.u - *U-.
K .ill t. eome the. hrfer. .. .hall he ahle to euPPl*
— — -rrt-“ i-
Yours very truly.
V
April 29, 1908.
Hem r*. /. P. ,*:<jt^an ft Co.,
23 frail Street, New York.
Qentlemen:
Your letter of the 27th inst., advising of the
purchase Of Bonds received. Begarding the balanoe of $2000.oo
remaining uninvested, you can carry this amount to my credit,
along with "the 'balance of the previous transaction.
Please send me a statement of the total amount
to my credit after completing purchases.
•fcjclosed find oheck for $30000.00 which please
dlairiat ic i mixed lot of fetinds, at a price not higher than
28tc eloping, ej^.lar ’ / those mentioned in my letter of
^2* JfNSi- Jfindly have than registered in the name of the
Company.
Yours very truly,
Aluminum und Mag nea Ivor. Fabrik,
Eemelingen bei Bremen, Germany.
Gentlemen:
Your letter. of February 7th regarding magnesium-ingots
has been held awaiting Mr. Biison' s return from Florida. He haB
just gotten imck and directs me to write you that He is trying
to find a use for your metal and hopes to succeed shortly.
YourB vey truly,
Mm-
Secretary.
April 30, 08.
Messrs. CrydeA^ Company,
Park Ave. 4 63rd 8t.f
Now York City, B. if.
Dear Sirs:
Bnolosed .herewith find 1)1118 covering Changes to
46 Horse Power Mors car and the drawings in connection therewith.
The first mentioned, till amounts to $907.46 and the last mentioned
Amounts to. $76. 20. Kindly credit our account with these.
▼e are also returning to you by Colt's Express a
number of partB taken off the car. Kindly give us credit for these
also and oblige,
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
a**B. -toed
Edison, \
Mrs. V. L. Edison, \
Douglas Manor Inn,
Douglaston, L. I.
Soar Madam:
Your letter of Thursday was handed me by Mr. Edison
with instructions to send you next week's check in advance. Me
however, left on a trip before I oobld get him a cheok°
I therefore send you an express money order for that amount, which
you will have no trouble in cashing.
Yours very truly.
tuq sees Iq
isiiol yfu
jnoiisioup
' a man srii
(■ to emsa
812
&ay 2, 1908.
D. M. B. Eero , Esq.,
Hs*burgh Realty Co.,
Jtswhurgh, New York.
Dear Sir:
Bnplying to your letter of April 29th regarding Mr.
TfrTlnrCv'l&n and Kr‘ 0148 • Hughes, Kr. Edison directs me to write
you that KttLftughlan shot his daughter and killed himself in
Sia Tr* noisco, a few months ago. Mr. Chas Hughes has retired
fro* business and lives in Orange.
I enclose a circular letter regarding the cement
house, which will give you information regarding the same.
Yours very truly,
SiM, ,
Secretary, /
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aniatam won
I feel aure that the members of your Club will
spend a moat instructive day if they will viAifc our Cement
Plant at Stewartsville, Hew Jersey on May 16th treat, and
inspect our up to date machinery and methods. And with yout-
permission I should like to accompany you on your special train.
Yours very truly,
a»t*
ft> wife
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I'fE^aoalWI
, HbaO.
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Youra of the 2nd inat. regarding an interview for your
magazine received. jZt. Edison aireots we to write you that he
floea not -want to ^e interviewed juBt at present.
Yours very truly,
842
">». Urol.., * *’* s' ***•
Ths IWIMM.,,
^,lr!"wy°ri^ -.V.
receive ^ °f «*• -1th lnBt
«*• »r. 3%Jlaon nBt- Seating «„ lM,
^orato^, *°ts mo to WrJf. ^ierviev
— . : ,r„r - ~ - >»: :;~ ■• -• -
^ he W11 be her^ ®*®Phone 0Bt ln the
Y0Ur8 truly,
'
Secretary.
843
May 6, 1908.
H. K. Heitman-, ^BBq. ,
Fort Myers, J’la.
Bear Sir:
,v„t lrtt'r °f ^ lBt »«■» for .prinlcler
:::: r~- Mr- b,,b°" dir’°“ - - «*• - -
’ *° »»*« ,«*,„«*, , ,m
8 •priffla»- **•■••• u». on. of *«*«,.. vruam
sent me here to test".
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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tttaWfi
9ttnw:
J. P. Morgan''* Co.,
Now York City.
Yours of the 1st inst. requesting definite instructions
as to registering tiie bonds which you purohased for the national
Phonograph Company and the Edison Phonograph Works, received.
I would request that you register $6000.00 in Sew York Central,
$6000.00 in West Shore in the name of the national Phonograph
Co. and $5000.00 in Union Pacific and $6000.00 in northern
Pacific in the name of the Edison Phonograph Works.
Yours very truly,
851
V
Kay 6, 1908.
H. Pollen,
Sunderland iron Ore Co.,
Fitzalfui House, Arundel St.,
London, tr. c. England.
sr sir:,mr. - « »> * ■**“- ■"
. Korway of the diffio^left you are experlen
our manager In 7 your man that we
•n ^ur Plant in that Country race • Regarding the
leliver our ore on the ^ f ^ ^ oan you see
iust we have lots of it, i* * place in muzzle
houee. All tha. men i of them, one he
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have the present financial troubles and your problems would
all have been solved. We are crushing 2200 tan/s in one shift of
ten hours, to l/4 inch and finer and also crushing in the next
mill 2200 tons,jfiwo shifts, 180 mesh fine, or finer than wheat
flour, and in the final mill yesterday^s run was 1800 tons of
hard Cement Clinker, 180 mesh fine. Your problem is child's
t play compared to this work.
■live me details of all your troubles and we will try
pur best to help you out.
fours very truly, ^
#L a iW-*,
S. E. Pollen, pBcj.*
Dunderland Iron Or# Co.,
Eitzalan House, Arundel St.,
Strand, London, w.c. Kngland.
Dear Sirs
Yours of the 27th ult. regarding the trouble# you are
having at your Works in Norway received. In reply I beg to say
that there ie only one way to atop bolts breaking on rolls and
that 1» to Scrape the mandril and plates to a fit, then the
Plata# -will wear out before they opine loose. There should be
weekly inspection of bolts with tightening wrench. Pouring head.
Zinc etc. to hed the plates is no good. Simpkln had this soraping
business thoroughly impraBse4 on him; its one of the most
important things in running a inill.
I fear that the gigantic conceit of Simpkin has got
you in a hole. If you could get your mill manager to send his
assistant over with an account of all your trouble, I think. we
could pull you through. You oould trott i» » Bun to U. hit
plac. h of ore ho .tart.. Ho .ill ... « -»«*«
tier hour on 36 inch baits.
The hulk of our ore is twice as great as yours.
Hoarding .gill fro. hit, « do not h.T. It. ~>*t *»
of a .tttt-tam, it i. thon tt.yol.dh.tt onh.lt.
Youtb very truly,
873
Howard Adamson, Esq. ,
Latohford, Out., Canada,
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 4th Inst., Inquiring whether the machinery
at my mine near Latohford, Ontario, i« for sale, received. In
reply I beg to say that I don't want to sell any part, but
will sell the whole outfit only.
Yours very truly,
884
/
H. D. Schaad, Esq. v j /
aa.ro Aeolian Co , ,
Aeolian Hall,
New York City-
Dear Si r:
Your letter of the 8th inst. requesting Mr. Edison'*
signature on a piece of note paper for IJadama Paderewski
received. I take pleasure in enclosing herewith a card signed
■by Hr. Edison which I trust will meet Kadame Paderewski’ b
approval .
Yours very truly,
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88
Kay 11, 1908.
R. D. Cheterline, He ,
1918 ETo. lath Street,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Dear Sir:
Youra of the 9th lnat. requesting e position received.
JTr. Edison directs ne to write you that he has nothing at present
that he can offer you.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
I W't&’TLsSa rfxTT
nefi •»
:*rJta nascr
,a jiia tsoct
iox A.,ot
o duo iqpjf ed
John If.. Lansden, Jr.., Esq.,
64 M. & E. R. R. Avenue,
Newark, New Jersey.
This letter will bring to your attention your notes
Tailing due on the 11th and 24th inst. and June 5th for $1026. <
$500.00 and $500.00 respectively. If it is your intention to
renew these, kindly send us new notes and will Bend you hills
Yours very truly,
895
Kay 15 ,• 1908.
W. S. Mallory, Ea q, . V. IP.,
Edison Portland cement Co.,
Stewartoville, Sen J-erasey.
Boar Sir:
Wo have +.o make a report to the State Board of AfiseeBors
on the Sub o ax County Iron Co., covering the amount of capital
Stock authorized etc. and vre have until the 20th Inst, in which,
to do it. I have not Been Able to locate the minute hook and
cannot make out the report until I find it. Will you kindly
advise me whether it is in your possession or if you know where
it is and oblige,
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
23 Wall Street,
Sew York City.
Dear Sire:
Enclosed please find my check for $100,000.00.
Please continue purchasing Bonds to the above amount, the same
as enumerated in my letter of April 27th 1908.
918
Moyl6, 1908.
! /
Albert C. Adams, Bsq. , I /
Sycamore, Ill.
Dear Sir:
Youre of the 12th in at. . asking advice aa to the Btepa
necessary to take to get a knowledge of electricity, received.
Mi% Miaou directs me to write you that he thinks you had
better take the International Correspondence School of Scranton
Course, after which eo into a Technical School.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
- • . . inprW,' ' "
Cor E. Laurel & Jessie Sts.,
Santa Cruz, dal.
Yours of the 11th inst. asking fop to purcahse a
phonograph on installment, received. In reply I beg to say that
the business of selling phonographs is left to Jobbers. There
are however a large concern in Chicago, Baboon Bros., Edison
Building, Chicago, who sell phonographs on installments. You
might write direct to them.
Yours very truly,
295 Broome Street,
Nw York City, N. Y.
Dear Sirs
Your letter regarding an improvement to the moving
picture machine received. If you will call on the manager of
the kinetoeeopo department of the Edison Mfg. Co., Mr. Alexander
T. Moore, No. 10 Eifth Avenue, New York, he will no douht look
Into the merits of your invention.
YourB very truly,
Kay IB, 1908.
Paul Kanoury, Esq.,
14 Ave. Kae-Mahon,
Paris, Prance.
Dear Sirs
Yours of the 6th inst. requesting a photograph received.
Under separate cover I am sending you one with my signature
thereon. As to the future of electricity and its ubs for auto¬
mobiles I believe that inside of fifteen yearB the entire
vehicle traotion in large cities in the United States will "be
done electrically "by Storage Batteries and I am now manufacturing
the battery that will permit this to be brought about
cDtnreerc ially.
YourB very truly,
A. H. Knoll, Esq.,
May 26, l?o6.
314 West 10th St..
Erie, Penna.
Dear Sir:
t. y.ur. rf «» »rd IMt.. I »*8 « »“*• **«
th. „„..ond juidr.B. of Conor... ■*!»•«• *»> s»‘la»r “
H. I. Moyer, 375 Eulten Street, Brooklyn, BT. Y.
Yours rery truly.
4
Cliftop Copper Belt Mining Co. ,
S' rank 1. Wilson, Esq., Gen. Mgr.,
69 Jhat toiird South St,, Room 208,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pear Sir:
Yoiirs of the 20th inst. regarding Bismuth Ore received.
Mr. Kdlson dibecta me to write you that he uses Bismuth in his
new battery and as he has only just started manufacturing
cannot soy how much he shall use. It depende upon the cheapness,
as he has to have it very pure. He would like to have a sample
of four or five pounds of the 12 £ Bismuth ore to test, as
certain ingredients make it difficult to get it as pure as he
desires.
He would like to know what the freight would be on a
c*r load lot. and what you would charge for the Bismuth per
pound metallic if you receive 95 i of the gold value and nine
cents for the copper j.O.B, cars on Ba^road.
-four answer and test of ore will determine its
desirability.
fours very truly,
Letterbook, LB-077
This letterbook covers the period June-September 1908. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison, Harry F. Miller, and George A. Meister. Many of
the letters relate to Edison’s accounts with the Edison Portland Cement Co. and
J. P. Morgan & Co. There are also letters pertaining to the design of molds and
patterns for Edison’s concrete house; Edison’s continuing work on his alkaline
storage battery; the manufacture of batteries by Sigmund Bergmann in Berlin,
Germany; and production difficulties at the ore concentration operations in the
Dunderland region of Norway. In addition, there are letters discussing a
proposed audit of the National Phonograph Co. and several other Edison
companies; a reduction of 50 to 60 percent in the laborforce at the West Orange
factories; a plan to use the phonograph to disseminate the speeches of
Republican presidential nominee William Howard Taft; a bid to provide cement
in special waterproof bags for the construction of the Panama Canal; and
Edison’s acceptance of the honorary presidency of the Electrical Exhibition of
1 908 in New York City. There are also two letters from George A. Meister to the
novelist Theodore Dreiser regarding interviews for a proposed article about
Edison in the Delineator magazine. Among the items pertaining to family and
personal matters are letters concerning Edison’s health; his membership in clubs
and societies; his charitable donations; and the upkeep of his winter home at Fort
Myers, Florida.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "Thos. A.
Edison, Personal LetterBook From-June 1st, 1908. To-Sept. 18th, 1908.” There
is an inscription on the spine with similar information. The spine is also stamped
"7." The book contains 697 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15
percent of the book has been selected.
T. C. Martin, Bag.,
.239 W. 39th St.,
New York City.
Yours of the 29th inst. asking for the privilege of
proposing Mr. Edison' b name as a member of an organization for
a permanent museum of safety appliances, received. Mr. Edison
directs me to write you that it is all right for you to propose
his name providing there are no duties in connection with the
Yours very truly.
June 1, 1908.
E. C. Miller, Esq. ,
314 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
My dear Mr. Miller:
Yours of the 29th ult. received. In reply I
beg to say that the only order I have is for four battery bonds
at 80. The party is now out of town and oannot offer for the balance
of eleven, but I think he will take them at 80.
Mr. Mallory said you would take stock in the
Edison Portland Cement Co. for your coupons.
For the #10,000.00 what do you offer in
Cement Bonds coupons on. I would prefer to loan the #10,000.00
on bohd3 at 60, coupons on for six months than buy. In any event
I could not let you have the #10,000.00 before the tenth of June.
Yours very truly,
June 1, 1908.
S. Schuaf -Reg elm&n ,
17 State St. (Battery Bark)
ST eh' York City, II. Y.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 27th ult. regarding Tellurium received,
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he thinks he will wait
a while on Tellurium, because he does not want to work on it
if there is no chance of getting it cheaper. It would ha,ve to
"be very much cheaper.
Yovre very truly,
a efe .a
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June X, 1908.
Visa Harriet If. Buchanan,
Alpena , Mich.
Bear Madam:
Youre of the 21»t ult. stating that you have sent
under separate oover a paper anounoing the death of your father
received. This paper has not reached here. WiJ.1 you kindly send
a duplicate as Mr. Sdison desires to see it.
YourB very truly.
Secretary.- /
June 2, 1908.
John Morris, Baq.,
Washington Mouse,
Washington, H. .T.
Pear Sirs
Tours of the lot inat. enolosing letter from John
Belliel , Blackbird, Idaho, received. Mr. Biison directs me to
write you to tell this party that the personf for «hom you wer
agent got ao disgusted at the impracticability and the high
pric/ss asked that he haa quit and no longer will have anything
to do Cobalt mines.
Yours very truly.
S. H. Pollen, Esq., Sec.,
Dunderland Iron Ore Co.,
JPitzolan House, Arundel St.,
Strand, London, w.c. England.
"You say in your let-t
' May 18th 1908, with regard
to your offer to do the best you can to help ujb out of our
difficulty. We are greatly obliged to you for this and would
remind you that as far back as the fifst of AuguBt 1907 we
acquainted you with the difficulties we were then face to face
with. At that time our main trouble was to get the plant to
run at all, owing to the defective design of the fine grinding
rolls. We had to \
i salvation on this point, by
substituting springs to compress the rolls instead of ropes."
I cannot understand yjour object in making this
statement, in view of the fact that I wrote Simpkin in 1906
or one year before the date you mention about spring rolls,
urgirig him to make the same to increase the output. Then in
Ho v ember 1906 on his request, we sent him complete drawings
of the spring rolls and a bill for *200.00 for blue-prirts,
all by registered mail; so far the bill has not been paid.
We had these rolls working at the Cement Works in
March 1906, so your statement about working out your own
,tSi
Salvation is somewhat incorrect. You will find
time goes
that your troubles at the Rorway mill is due to too much
reliance on. Simple in, that he went it blind, without any
experience in thin line and never took advantage of our great
experience at the Cement Wwrks.
Regarding bolts for the plates, we use ordinary tool
steel on the small rolls and machinery steel on the big rolls.
The secret of never having any trouble with bolts is to scrape
your mandrils and then always scrape your plates to an extra
mandril in the shop. If they are not well scraped the bolts will
break no matter what they are made of, if a good fit they never
break. I have been in a position to give you this information
for ten years. Simpkin was told of the importance of the scraped
fit, but having no experience in heavy crushing did not realize
what it meant. This is probably true of a large part of your
mill. Finally I want t.o say that if those rope rolls were
designed, constructed and operated exactly as given in blue¬
prints, you could on four pair have easily crushed to 20' mesh
275 tons per hour.
We did not abandon the rope rolls because they were
defective, it was for the reason given in my letter to you of
Sept. 10-1906. They were all on one shaft and if one stopped
to change anything, all had to atop. Your rolls were driven by
motors and any one could be stopped, without stopping the mill.
American Protective Tariff League,
W. V. Wakeman, Ba<i. , Ireae. & Gen. Sec.,
339 Broadway, New York City.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 1st inet. Hr. Edison directs
me to send you hie check for Twenty Dollars.
Boston Gear Works,
Serf oik Downs, Mass.
Yours of the 3rd inet. stating that you would have to
inake specially the sprocket ordered in ours of the 1st inst.
received. This will he all rieht. Kindly rush it through as quick
as possible and oblige,
Yours very truly.
/S. ^.4:
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June 4, 1908.
®ont»nua, Esq.,
8pringfield, Ohio.
De*r Sir:
Staclosed herewith find letter of Miller and Pranklin Co.
ref^ing t0 the report of unifom ooet which was made to the
ITati^jial Machine Tool Builders Association. If you have a copy
of th*® report which you oan spare me, I shall be very glad to
r,0ei'*'® U, as I am interested in cost accounting.
Yours very truly.
Secretary,/
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June 4,
Siraer & Amend,
206 third Ave.,
New York City.
Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 3rd inst. regarding the Jewell Filter
received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that your quotations
were quite .different from J avail and so high that he decided to
construct a still of his own.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
June 4, 1908.
Mrs. Jf. Beetham,
Highmore,
Mastertop,
Hew Bealanrl.
Dear Madam:
Yours of April 14th regarding storage batteries received.
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that we are manufacturing the
battery now, which are mostly used for trucks. Several parties
are experimenting on vehicles for private use and he hopes shortly
that a good one will he evolved.
Yours very truly,
Secretary
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Treasurer,
Erie Co.,
Sandusky,
Ohio.
Dear Sir:
von kindly send me a hill for all taxes unpaid on
Mr. Edison's property at Milan, Ohio and oblige.
Yours very truly,.
■Jf-
Secretary. /
Messrs. Lyhrand, Rosa Bros. & Montgomery,
43 Exchange Place, Mew York City.
Dear Sira:
I am thinking of having hooks of two or three of my
companies ( including the national Phonograph Co.) audited hy
an audit firm; also a rearrangement of some of our methods.
1 suggest that you send a member of your firm over to Orange
for consultation with myself.
You had better telephone the morning of the day you
propose coming, to see if 1 will be here.
Yours very truly,
, 0. - -
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.7. P. Morgan & Co.,
?.o Wall Street,
Hew York City.
ae&i* Sir*:
Kindly Bend me statement showing how my account stands
as to xeoent purchases of bonds for us and particularly the
aX**unC.«r the Ediaon Phono. Works and the National Phonograph
June 0, 1908,
Bdifon BuslneflB Phono. Co.,
Kelson C. Durand, Esq..,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sirs
Replying to yours of -the 8th inat. regarding the
phonograph outfit at the Hew Yorl: Association for the Blind,
ITr. Edison directs rae to write you and say that he desires to
present this to the association and you can charge the amount to
his personal account.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
To the T«m Council of Port Myers,
Port Hyurd, Pla.
Gentlemen:
X deairn to call your attention tb the fact that the
project of placing palms along the road from the Town to Manuels
Croak has net had much aasistanoe from the Council so far.
Yours very truly,
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June 9, 1908.
My dear Mr. Heitman:
I wish you would see Mr. Towles and get a
statement of just what he proposes to do regarding the palms.
I understand that those he had in his garden are dead. Mow a
contract ie a contract. I cannot v^it indefinitely and if he is
not going to take steps immediately to carry out his oo^traot in
a manner that will insure success, I shall ask that he refund
the money already paid, so that I can arrange with other parties.
Yours very truly.
To H. E. Heitman, Esq.,
Sort Myers, ila
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Schultz.
ITH- e. fi»- 'Schultz j -l^r
; ■ PhntW rifwsHy Florida.
Dear 5%r'<,
toW*nas*J»U, ’lnBt.- rtS*HU«rWll4lWiMM-'WJ’“
ifewArfu
•«***•«* .*. you to fortwrd (hV
*~r stock to
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
102
June 11, 1908.
W. S. Barrows, Esq.,
628 Dovercourt Road,
Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 8th inst. received. ¥e clean our
articles by making the article cathode in 21 to 26 Caustic Potash
and use a powerful current to give tremendous gasing. The mechanical
action of the gas cleans it perfectly.
The surface of the bath gets covered with oil and dirt
and tfhen you pull the article out it collects this scum again. Ve ,
have a second crock with clean soda connected to the first crack.
by. a oolunn of liquid. Then we pass the art icle down and Into the
second crock and pull it out of the liquid, as the second crock
gets no scum.
Yours very truly.
June 11, 1908,
Mrs. Jlor?. R. Vood,
Otisville, Winn.
Dear Madam:
Yours of the 8th inst. enclosing some original
verses received. In reply X heg to state that we do not use
original poetry, the only songs used for records are those that
are already popular.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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June 12, 1908.
My dear Pa-rshail :
*
Yours of the 2nd Inst, received. At laBt the
battery is finished and all toots made except the jarring test,
which is being run now. Have an electric with 60 of the new cells,
running 60 miles daily at 14 miles an hour on cobble stone streets,
full of ruts. The man takes all ruts at full speed; mileage to date
1JI6 0 miles . Cell taken apart every 500 miles. So- far O.E. no signs
Of defects. The top of new cell is filed off, examined and rewelded
and this can be done four times without hurting can. Gives 20
watts per pound on maximum oharge and 142 on commercial charge.
This type is called A 4, being four nickel
plates and is intended to- taktt the place of B 18. The watts per
pbiihd Will, be higher in the A 6. and A 8. These cells will solve
the problem in every respect, commercially and otherwise. The
only thing now is to get the right auto. I thought my auto how
bn battery endurance test was good but we have broken two axles
and a lot of other things BO' far.
This method, of developing an automobile by loading
it up to the limit and. running it at maximum fcpeed on the worst .
road you. can find will teach in two months, more than, can be
learned in ten years in. the usual way and is highly commercial.',.
Any Vehiole that can be made- to stand one month trill be a big
success.
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All experience here Bhows that so far nothing heats
a single motor, a jack-ahaft to differential, and a chain from
motor to jack and jack to wheel. Gears are failures.
I shall send you a few of the new cells shortly, for test.
Yours very truly,
To H. F. Parshall, Esq.,
Salisbury House,
London Wall,
London o.o. England.
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June 16, 1908.
Lybrand, Robb Bre. & Montgomery,
Prom your letter I take it that you intend to employ
two of your men and possibly a third to do the investigation and
audit of the Rational Phonograph Company’s hooks; one of your
firm to superviBe the work and give necessary help and advice,
a period of about six weeks being necessary to complete it.
The services of all to be charged on a basis of day
work, the same not to exceed Mine hundred ($900.00.) Dollars,
r„r tie tire. year, .edit, ~ -ell " »»“
for the mere eeenomleel end eafe »=tlod for h^dllng the — W‘»
of the concern.
If my understanding is correct you may started- once.
Yours very truly, ^
June 17, 1908,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartaville, Hew jersey.
Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 13th inst. stating the arrangement for
stock in settlement of coupons etc. received. Referring to the
amounts of a halahoe due October 1st 1906, $73,000.00 and
subscription on account of four new kilns, $375,000.00, I don't
see that any interest has been figured on these amounts-.
Is not Hr. Edison entitled to interest on these
amounts .
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
June 20, 1908,
E. E. Johnson, Esq.,
Union league Cluh,
New York City.
Dear Sir:
Your. letter of the 15th inst. was forwarded to Mr.
Edison at Stewartsville, where he has been all week. He directs
me to send you a check for $750.00 which I enclose herewith.
Yours very truly, •
iilJUL
Secretary.
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Jpn* 23, .1909.
John T. Kirby, .gB-q..,
3 Broad Street,
Hew York City. # %■
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 22nd inst. inquiring about the Edisop Or?
Milling Company received. In reply Mr. Edison directs me to write
you that the Ore Killing Company wept out of existence after
the Concentrating Works at Edison, Heiv Jersey failed to
commercially work the iron ore deposits there, and the failure of &'
-fit ,
the deposit:; the Ortejs land grant in Hew Mexico to give^returns
in gold which the owners asserted was contained therein.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.'
190
To the Stockholders of the
EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY,
Gentlemen: -
By resolution of the stockholders, unanimously
adopted tfn February 28th, 1907, the Directors were authorized
to purchase certain rights in and to the several inventions and
Letters Patent referred to in said resolutions in consideration
of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.) in common stock of the
Company, contingent however, upon the successful termination of
the experiments v/hich I have been conducting in connection with
said inventions. By reason of circumstances entirely beyond my
control I have not been able to conclude the experiments in ques¬
tion, and am, therefore, not in a position to express a suffi¬
ciently definite opinion thereon, althoxigh I believe the inven¬
tions are entirely practicable and are of great value. Under the
circumstances, I propose that the Company shall acquire the in¬
ventions in question, together with the Letters Patent which may
be granted therefor, without waiting for the successful termina¬
tion of the experiments, v/hich may take some time to conclude,
and as additional consideration for the payment to me of said
Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.) increase of common stock of
the Company, I will assign to the Company the following addi¬
tional property;
(1) Patent No. 861,819 July 30, 1907, for "Discharging
Apparatus for Belt Conveyors" and the invention covered thereby,
to he assigned to the Company, subj ect to the terms and condi¬
tions as the other inventions and Letters Patent recited in said
resolutions and referred to in the proposed memorandum of agree¬
ment incorporated therein. Also, reissue application of said
patent filed November 30, 1907, Serial No. 404,627.
(2) An assignment of the invention covered by applies*
tion for letters Patent filed June 14, 1907, Serial No. 378,889,
for "Bucket Conveyors", and the Letters Patent to be granted
thereon, subject to the same terms and conditions.
(3) An assignment of the invention covered by applica¬
tion for Letters Patent filed June 26, 1907, Serial No. 380,948
for "Sprocket Chain Drive", and the Letters Patent to be granted
thereon, subject to the same terms and conditions.
(4) An assignment of the invention covered by applica¬
tion for Letters Patent filed November 22, 1907, Serial No.
403,300 for "Conveyors", and the Letters Patent to be granted
thereon, subject to the same terms and conditions.
(5) An &»»i6,“nern; or an application about to be filed
on "Improvements in Apparatus for Needing Pine Materials", now
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in use in connection with one of the kilns at the Company's
plant, including said invention anil the Letters Patent to b
granted thereon, subject to the same terns and conditions.
(6) An option to purchase the so-called "Raub" proper¬
ty, and the capital stock of the Pohatcong Railroad Company
which is also situated in the Township of Oxford, V/arron Co
New Jersey, mid now owned by me, with the limestone quarry
ed thereon, but reserving to rays elf the zinc and o -her mine
rights (not including limestone), said option to be exercis
ed within two years from the date hereof, and the price to
paid being the actual cost to mo with interest at 0.
June 25, ISOS.
Hr . J . Newcomb Blackman ,
Chairman Committee of Arrangements,
9? Chamber e St,5 New York City.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the ISvb inat. hae. been received,
inviting me to attend the conference of the National Association
of Talking Machine Jobbers to be held at Atlantic City on July
6th and 7th. I should like to attend your meetings, beaaUse 'many
of the Jobbers I have met personally, and it ia therefore a matter
of regret that my engagements will not permit me to accept your
invitation. Kindly convey to your aucoelava the sense of my
disappointment in not being able to be present.
The Phonograph has been always a subject of great interest
to me, and 1 sincerely hope that much good v.lli be accomplished
by the friendly meeting of so mv.ny of the men who hare been so
largely instrumental in developing the talking machine business.
At all timee both you and your associates can count on my earnest
and hearty co-operation.
Believe me,
Yours very
June 29, 1908,
George 3. Small, 3sn. ,
14 Lees Avenue,
Collingswood, IT. J,
Dorr Sir:
T can give you a position at the salary you name to wit
$210.00 per month. The job is designing the iron moulds and machine :y
for my ooncrete house for workmen, to be poured and finished in
02ie dayi After I have constructed the first or pioneer house and
it is a success, you will be available to act as engineer for
a number of companies, who intend going into this style of building*
and you could make very much more money ■ _
Tours very truly, S
June 30, 1908,
W. S„ ?tellory, Esq., V. P.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stev/artsvillo, Few Jersey.
De?n* Sir:
Yours of the P.otli inot. enclosing three certificates of
Btoek of fclie Forth Jorsey Paint Coi for 100 shares received.
Enclosed find check for $2000.00 to the order of the Forth Jersey
Paint Co. in payment for certificates Jifo. 2 and 3 for 10 shares,
each. I notice from the certificate*!! '.o capital stock of the .
company is $125,000.00. Will yon kindly advise me what disposition
-iff made of the other 25 shares and will you also send a copy of the
proposition which Hr. Edison made to the company for the purchase
of his patent, so -that I can make proper entries on his hooks.
Yours very truly,
<n
..it
-w £ ■
f 4 ft **«’ 4 ****
\i\ -41
J* p. Morgan & Co»,
23 Vail Street*
Haw Tori: City.
Oenilemoni
Please purohaso at market prices the reminder of
the "bonds on order for the Edison Phonograph Works, national
Phonograph. Company and the ITew Jersey Patent Company. "On my
personal account I desire you to do the same, hut to retain a
cash "balance of aheut Tr/olre thousand Dollars, for which I trill
give you disposition ldter*
When you liavo oxo dated this order please send
statement showing purchases for each account separately.
Tours very truly, — ■
July 5j 1908 i
Birdsboro Steel Pfly. & jfechine Go. ,
Birdsboro, Jenna.
Dear Sirs:
Youra of the let inst, received. In reply i \>qg to state
that I have ono of your drills which I bought many years ago and
used only a few weebB, also a large supply of diamonds.
I oupposo there has been advancement in drilling
machines and r.iy machine may "no cut of date. Would you care to
rent complete outfit for boring 300 foot holes with runner, I
furnishing helpers and diamonds, to be used, tv/o to three months i
If bo, what would be Ihe rent? In the event that you do not
care to do this please send man to Orange, at my expense, to looh
over my drill and see that it is 0«Eo or that some modern
improvement is desirable.
Youi
truly.
.Tuly 7th 1908 e
Hzum & JihclTeille,
4 East 35rd~St.t
Hew York Cj.ty<.
“ja&r 3ii*ss
Youro of the 6th insi. regarding the concrete house
received, ITr, iEdleon directs me to write you that he is making
the moulds’ now and has two first olftsc men on it. He says to have-
a little patinncei
Youre very truly*
Secreta nr.
July 8th 1908;
w. i>. men life. c-o*9
151 lake Street,
Chicago, lil.
Hear Sirs:
Yottrn of "the 6th inst. acknowledging receipt of our
order received’. You state in your letter ;.that you arc going to
ship fittings to Orange and the tied Top sprinkle ro to Florida.
Elis is wrong. If you will examine our order again you v/ill
notice that we want everything shipped to Florida. Please act
accordingly and oblige,
Your3 vert'' truly,
'jfzMfc.
Secretary.
July 9th 1908.
Hormaond Typewriter Co,,
JJevf Tori: City, IT. Y.
3Jear Sire:
Tlie enclosed card was handed Ur. Edison by Mr.
Hartmoncl on the visit Mr. Kaaunond i.iado to the laboratory a
Yours very truly,
Secretary'.
short tine
282
Geo* L» Squior Mfs* Co,, ,
iSuffUlo, Hew York.
Doar Slrss
Yours of tiie 8tli inst. regarding C, J. Eicld received,,
Hr* Edison directs me to write you that 3io now remembers Mr*
Field; In the early days of the Electric Light business he was,
at that time, one of the best men wo had, but he did not
develop e as others did and fell much behind the rate of progress.
I have not heard of hhi for ten years.
Yours vory truly,
Secretary.
J, 7. Morgan ft Co..
S3 Wall Street,
Savf_'*or5c r Uyi
5wr Si no t
Ploa#o v)iu-o'-i;vjo for my account <jo the yaluc of
&SOS0U0 ftt «» market price, a mixed lot of ^nde to
W* Sow tort central and Hudson H. *• H. 3 l/¥ first
mapfepaet, Horthem Pacific first mortgage ¥ And tfcion
ftwfcfit- first mortal ¥» thom registered in «?
wane 0f the Sts Jersey Patent Company, Orange, Hew
"yours very truly,
heel: number
303
July 20, 1908'.
Dr. CJxas. 1*. Reose,
c/o du Pont Powdar Co.,
■Wilmington, Delaware.
Dear Sir:
Yours of trie 15th inst. inquirinc about the abilities
of Mr. 2olta:i do Horvath received, lie left pur employ several
years ago and ae far ae vra can remember liis services with Hr.
Edison w6x-e satisfactory^
Yours vei-y truly,
iMJhi
Secretary.
'dins. A.
Dear £>il
parts, •'
Edison
you for
Edi3on, Esq., Jr.,
General Del ivory, /
Burling ton," Hew Jersey.
Enclosed herewith find Bill covering the automobile
cires etc. sent you lately amounting to §98.78, Mr.
directs me to inform you that there'll Be no charge made
these '.
-as ting that they reached you safely and that this letter
rovi and yours in good health, X am,
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
•will find 7
306
July 20, 08.
Mrs. Uellie E. Poyer,
808 Huron Avenus,
Port Huron, Mich.
Dear Madams
Your letter of :the 17th inst. addressed to
Mr. Gilmore has "been handed to me owing to the fact that Mr,,
Gilmoro has sailed for Europe and will he gone for some time.
tvi p loss you feel in the death of Mr. Randolph is
shared hy all of us and the writer was his personal friend
EEmy years in fact -worked -with him as his assistant from 1888
to 1898 when he went to the Edison Phono. Works and has just bee
selected to fill the position left vacant hy Hr. Randolph.
Consider my- services always at your disposal
as I shall he glad to do anything for you in my power. Hr.
Edison is at his home here and I hear that he expects to take a
trip about the first of August, hut I have not heard just where
he is going. ** :L ^ ^-—1
Yours very truly* .
$ Q.
Secretary. /
Joseph Stretch., Esq.,
Lincoln Realty Co.,
One W-st 34th s“»> . .
Hevr Tori: City, IT.
Slr‘Tour8 - -C » S-C ^
^ IiU* ~ ■«. — ";"rrr4v^
, j.. v/rit.e von and say «ny no °
Sdlsoti directs sc - ' ^ ideas and Jim.
ideas if yc «■ •»*“ ffi* ^
assail net dci.tircr.iH~. .
Yours
July 20, 08 i
I). A. Mahoney, Esq, ,
1369 Washington Ave.,
Bronx, Hew Yort'.
Boar Sir:
Yours or the 17th inst. ashing Hr. Edison for a
position received. Vr, Edison directs me to write you that
it Is 3*poss«2)le to place you as all the factories have reduce
thc^forca from 50 to CO ,‘s. Many of-thS^ld^T^fen Being laid
off. V *
* Yours very truly,
314
July 21 , 1908.
ar. F. W. carpenter,
Sec. to ’Ion. V. ’I. ?aft,
Pot Springs, Va,
Pear Sir:
I received your tclogm* "Maine »• that Sr. Tart «™«
b. too way at thi. time to a.o ay repreoentativ, , bat I dcoldod
to .end Mr. P.l.on 0. »«», * »iU Pre.ont ““ U4t“ "
personally explain W vie™ <m the »»«»«*- of record v*lv and
w atron.de.Tre to ... «r phonograph receive the =«» oo«»tder-
ation atl tlu^diso machine.
The Edison phonograph is the naoliino in most general u
the average pexeon of thl. country on account of it. price,
voter and oltiren *. r»u*> profit «0.t by Sr. faff, addr.c...
„uld, therofore. be overlooked If the Sdi.on record
... not conoid croc and «*»•*«
ttanuf acturorfl of other talking raoliinee.
Taft M «y »o»t hearty eupport ir. thin «**-«"• "*
could fwl honored if 1 might di.tribut. hie idea, through the
phonograph to the Million, of near. the or. continually P“«
„ for Republican eentiment. uhioh -hould properly e.ne throug.
It cum. therefore. ,« » “ »“
Mr, Durena thli. in Rot Spring, .hen to ~ — «" “““
UP to some definite conclusion.
July 20 , 08..
Hammond Typewriter Co.,
69th St», ft Hast Bivcr,
Hew York City.
Soar Sirs: ,
Referring to you re of the 14th inat» thio will
acknowledge the typewriter which reached here in good condition
324
July 22, 1908.
Edison Ore Hilling Syndicate, Ltd.,
Pitzalan House, Arundel Street,
Strand, London, vri c. England'.
Lear Sirs:
Referring to your circular of the 23rd of June
regarding an assessment of one shilling a share on the stool:
of your company , "beg to advise this day that I have sent to
Messrs'. Childs and Co', check for 341 Pounds 13 Shillings,
covering the assessment of one shilling per share on 6833
In my name'.
Tours very truly.
1
333
~b
July -23, 19Q8
Garfield Dennis, Esq.-,
United States Post Qffioa,
Williamsport, pepna.
Dear Sir:
, Yours ef the 20th inst. regarding an ddea of
■yours for the betterment: of the moving picture film
received. Mr. Bd is pn directs me to write you that
^e will gladly try any experiment that shows a
possibility of working .and. pay the tinyentpr. 'for the idea,
•if successful.
yours very truly,
July 24, OBo
W. S'. Mallory, Esq.., v; P~«,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
StewartsVille, Herr Jersey;
Dear Sirt
" Enclosed herewith find two hills ooyering worh, done
in ccnmectionHrith- making drawings for the rolls. for tlje.
United StatOs^C rushed Stone Co', amounting- to $184.67..?nd _
drawings for changes on Intemhito Polls for,the Sihley Quarry
Co; amounting to Will you- kindly advise .us if my °* .
these charges can he hilled or should they, he-. charged. to. the
Boll Contract Expense'.
Yours very: t ruly, ...... .
"'jr* ;:u
V_y July 28 > 08,
Henry C'. T<cwis, E*c^
Bon Aqua} yonn.
Bear Sir:
Tours of tJxo 25-t^1 Inst'. regarding cement rock
received. Hr. Kdiflo^ air®0*8 we to ^ite tiJat d0BS nt>1;
uant to go into any jgoro cement oonspanles'. Everybody is
cutting prloas and &L tV-° companies are losing money.
Tours very truly.
Secretary.
Jtau Paul Yaa XU «v«*
X19 JStli Btcj
Sew Yortc City> M. Ti
Bear Mrs'. Van Uleve?
Under sepr-rate -cover we are' sending you
potSkefbook TSilch you left sflien x>n yotir visit to -tfae l_at*>ratory
thin morning*. Ye are sending It "by registered -wallV'
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
yjfty-ao, OS'.
Z5 IXmrXb&'SiserBiT-.
3ef2i.n :S« '€er=sny«,
My Jbanx- -Bensmanm
’Soots ^of 'late 17th. zlnst. received -ana to -reply
1 31^ to -state that it rwwiiid ’be in^osgihle v*» send Aroogast
sr asy one oiee as lie is 'the only am csflso tnows .pod if we sent
>rihn we -would have to stop. "Shu let tor get -a good graduate -ftoa
ti» TEochnltsil School at -ChaxLottenbuns •*»& send him over Ttoa
as-js -neorprotosis for hashing iron ie very Cheap
jranho-uia he able to naie it there for twenty seats -per
-potmdo As soon as we -startup woifcs to supply active materiel
J*r new hatterys wfe ahsU -he able to fnminh you active
•material -for proT^ly steELf '.yon 'aSfr .'firs -chargedo
SSbB rtfrtf -cells are working 0 oT.« and have
«lth*tooa ’3000 iraes nf th« 33E,r*est tost .ever given a hattejy.
Mbts snto -was i*palr&a:i8 tines, -a.-'se&es and -3 setssp rings
-tires -£ll wrcrra -out -®na '-iEnuffiBrsCiile other parte hroheao
-ptfn^y 3afiro^h-tfttJsc*fl; sa break oar a single deteil
•^wrtoig; % *sX*b*& *ol3&a ghltwwnfe^ivo aaick^L f illing nsi^inas
vBtEtSj-s4teeri we shall '6fe2rt-=«S>»
.z-ae&peae you 35«w iltttf -fee aid style-seal* after
SeXl&iZ -in -capacity so tJ*S> **m®* ■»> «• aa3ay SS^I^fce*. in fee
mgcnt *w ret^a to *jww»w to *e* ■»** joates imt"
no .longer do 'feu* take fee oM cells end by soaking
tod cJoB-rglng In potash obtaining ^ ^!"3«E them back
^«feT *i ooat b* about ^e^ty fire *e*ft& ctXL and wsfera
fete to User® to get i>5 or.J*** the same M i£ ** renewed
•fee plates,,
Ufe hs*re over tjr Bets feat m Timing &•£<> *«**
s» uader.W «« **»,«*• «». ttt. sm ** y°V
tortWr-SWjK *•>* =»-»^l»4 '-S tt*t « *»»
** w fMXA i«f **» T****** ^ “”
u •» *rr? “ *"*
^ »#5r. pu »» » .V ”” 't*ota*rt-
rate -
“Somro •arsry truly*
Longfellow Mat*l Homo rial A ss'%
Riggs national Bffli’f, Washington, D. Ci
Bear Sirs?
Til aer.oyi1p.nce with your letter of the 15th of July,
Mr. Edison accepts your invitation to become a regent of your
association and encloses herewith a check for $100 „ 00
Tours very truly,
JSdA^y/'-
rrao 1 dvarif
ecf ot tnstt
wk
n±aei) oxH*!*
:5th. 08-
Chas, Miller, .Esq.;,
Edison Portland Cement Co",
1133 Broadway, .New York City.
Dear Sir:
Yours of .the 3rd .inst. enclosing several
. photographs which you. took, of some of the. party :who
visited the cemept .plant op: July 18th received.
-‘Mr. .‘Edison directs ine.'tP thapk ypu.for -the ;sarae ;and
■to say that .he sent, them to his. house- where they .mill
be framed.
Yours very .truly,
Ma
Secretary.
Ill
Colo T^e Gage Pratt8
90 Soo Grove Sto,
Be Orange, So T'o
Jfy dear Sir?
deferring to our recent interview and..our
conversation relative to your visit to Panama, I have decided
that it would je the proper course for our Company tp hap a
representative make a visit to the Isthmus^; coaneetiog with
the hid we made on May 1st last, for furnishing the I|£hmian
Canal Commission with a portion of its raquifement^/^^JlQ^land
cement, and I would he pleased if you would arrange,, for a •
return trip to the Isthmus to represent us in the matter of
Securing a portion of the contract, and ejqolsutning' to Col„
Goethals the present state of the work on the damp proof hags,,
also submitting samples of them to himi - •*-
I would suggest that you also arrange to visit
our Works, looking over our Plant, particularly the large
orushing rolls, as they any he of* interest to Cole, Goethals
in his worko '
, Yours very truly,
&ki‘ .
COBFIBBHlIALc for Col. Goethals information CHffiYo
Col. Le Gags Pratt, .
90 Boo Grove St.,
East Orange, H. J <-
34y dear Sir;
Ye use army duck. Mu.
Thin is impregnated with "Viscose".
Viscoeo is a Xanthate of Cellul'iSSi ohM- 34
U a. w *. **»&*«
MM it i. «rt- * M*'**w- “4 *.*%*££,
to 220 Sant, vhlch. ww-ratur. tocowoM. «“ &»«»** ™
1 saves Cellulose 1» th, - «*** '****
a»d t«d .oavis* «.e«»xss. O. cloth is ths. run thresh • ~h
' 0.11.4 3.8. this sshAoe he4 . 8rsat satire
. Tt ifl « peculiar yellow wax insoluable
capilllarity for water. X* le a peeux m
is orodo P.tr.l«- » i- *— *» *— "■*
line and is sloshed «t hy .to- •»«* ’
X. dissolved ihh.es>.. - the. the M i» -redded,
sftersards th. hoesln. is drived « hy host.
, s. ia, so smell »ed i" «•* decomposed W
exposure to air or oater. I have had a hrohos h.rr.1 - it at
th. Laboratory toot of door.) tor 17 yoar. and it shoos
tendency to decompose.
It ! im
411
Cement in these hags placed in a closed chamber
at 120 Tahr* with the air saturated with moisture at this
temperature shows no set after two months.
So far I have been unable to get the bags
water proof, i°e° hold water when hung up. Two thirds leaks out
in, a few hours but one third requires several days to leak out.
This in. due to the water pressure.
The bags will"- Bhed water'sufaen exposed to a rain
atom and it would require several showers to show any set to
. A%>£ ■ "-C-
the lament. -»*-• ‘ 8
.-•I: shall- continue to expetfISSht to get t£e'bagkBo
it jclLl preserve the Cement under water if Col. G^thals"
. - ■ -ithate and
thinks it must- be done.
Yours very trhiy,
'k
Aug. Utb 08.
Julian Hawthorne, Esq.,
Cambridge Building,
5th Ave. & 33rd St.,
Hew York City, U. Y.
Sty dear Hr. Hawthornes
Yours of the 8th inst . regarding
some stock which you wish to dispose of received. I
. j. _)■ . • #•"
already own a mine near Cobalt and have sunk a lot of
money in same. Pound lots of Cobalt, Bismuth and Hlckel,
but no Silver, so I am down and out on mining.
441
Aqg, 15th 08.
J. P. Morgan & Co.,
23 Vail Street,
Mew York City.
Gentlemen?. ^ %
Pleaee deliver to Mr. E. P. Miller, the
hearer of .tfcis. letter , the t<mda you f or W
account, to he registered in the name of the Sew
jersey Patent Company, amounting to about #15000.00.
Belov; you will find his signature.
Yours very, truly.
442
>ug, 13th 08.
W. I>. Saunders, Esq.,
Inge r soll-Rand Co. ,
11 Broadway, H. T.
Bear Sir:
Your letter of the 11th instant addressed
to Mr. Mallory, requesting an interview with Mr. Edison
has been handed to. me. Mr. Edison directs^jne to write
you that he would he pleased to see you on Saturday
morning.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
440'
Aug. 15th 08.
Thou. J. Carc-w, Esq„s
Washington & Chestnut Sts.,
,-r Ottawa .jUtaft/
:'ear Sir* - •
Yours of the llth,:instant asking for information
regarding the Thoe. A. Edison, Jr. andiiWin. Kolaer Steel
and Iron 'Process Co. received. Mr. Edison directs me to
write you that all he knows about the Company is that
some Wall Street crookB got hold of his young son, and fooled
him into giving them the use of his mime.
He thinkB they were stopped by the Post Office
authorities about two years ago.
Yours very truly,
<Jl -/ 14
Secretary.
Aug. IS tli 08.
1I.G. Bradley, Esq.,
79 Haln Street , ■ ■ ts
Hovexhill, Mass.
Dear Sirs ,
Youra of tiic 10th inst . received. la reply Mr«
Edison directs me to write you that you*n«hares are
probably the Borth American Phonograph Co., which
went into the hands or a Receiver and was sold out
years ago. It now has no value. Hi® curiosity was
aatisfied by the Iosb of $300,000.oo by that company.
Youra very truly.
Secretary.
452
Aug. 17th 08.
T. C. Martin, Eb<j. ,
239 West 39th St.,
Hew York City, H. Y.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 13th instant regarding
the model house received. Mr. Edison directs me to
write you that the model is so constructed that it
would he impossible to move it as a whole, or take
At apart; as it is too flimsy.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
T. S. I enclose herewith letter addressed to the
Secretary, Electrical Exhibition of 1908, Hew York
City.
458
Score* g ry.
Eleetriual Exhibition of 1S08,
ilow Tork City.
tew Sirs
I un gratified to lesm that it is the intention in roBpoci
to the Electrical Exhibition at Moditron Square Garden, next October,
under the auspices of the eleotrioal companies of Greater Hew Tork, to
ooMstwornie appropriately the Jubilee of the first Atlantic submarine
oiible, of 1850 j and tho cocnoncecont of the second twenty-fir* years
of eleoiriool nor vice on Kachuttnn Island.
1 find myself in hearty sympathy with this project, primarily
ns cn old telegrapher? and, secondly, because over since tho Fall of
18SB the successful deraonstrntion associated with ray faarao here, of what
electricity con do to furnish light, power, heat and other service to the
public frraa central elation ranine, has boon n continuous gratification
to we. As or.a whose efforts were directed steadfastly to that end, with
Hew Tork as tho stnrtirg point, I era naturally glad to see that isportoi.ee
is aleo attached to that achievement and anniversary.
I appreciate deeply the request that I accept the honorary presi¬
dency of this notable exhibition, end fool that under tho oirccans+.ances
it is Rj duty thus to associate myself with the celebration. I oan only
hop* that during the next fifty years tho =rtc to which 1 and ray wellknowa
oelaborers in the electrical field have devotod our lives any be attended
with oven richer benefits to mankind. Wo havo but openod tho way for our
successors, whose brilliant work iu already beginning to oooupy the new ora.
I hnre the honor to recoin.
Tours truly.
Aug. 18, 08.
Wm. 31. Eolwell , Esq. ,
University of Minn. ,
Minneapolis , Minn.
Dear Sir;
Yours of the 14th inBt regarding airships
received. 3Ir. Edison directs me to write you that he is
not experimenting in aerial navigation and that the
newspapers are incorrect.
Yours very truly,
Secretary-
Aug. 18th 08.
The Impervious Product -Co.,
213 St. Paul St., "Baltimore , Md.
Bear Sirs:
Your letter of the 17th instant regarding
"Fairfield refined asphalt received. Mr. Edison directs
me to write you to send him a 25 pound sample, so
that he can test it; also state price by ton lots.
Yours very truly,
1 - ...
Secretary.
Aug. 18th 08.
J. S. Crowell, Esq. ,
Springfield, Ohio.
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 15th instant regarding the hook
published by Crowell & Co. and written by E. Arthur
Jones received. Mr. Edison is away on a vacation and
will not return for two or three months. Jones* book
was made up from newspaper stories and is only fairly
correct. Mr. Edison considers the Electric light
tlnoandesoent) and after that the Phonograph and
Moving Pictures hi3 best inventions.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
485
Aug . lath Oa.
s* Sfallory, EBq., p.
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewart b villa , Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:
**&*;» 15tl ln„taot r’og>r
i;, ta
relation to the 1 . a, eland ir„„ Co. ^
that we have Marchod' tteo^h th. letter hook, the
laht touryiar,
•Mr. Edison to Sir David Dale.
Mr. Edison said to write you and that .
probably you could giv. u. acre infection aa tehee,
to find it u you are familiar orlth the matter! '
Yours very truly,
Aug. 19th 08.
Vo E. Mason, Esq.r Supt.,
Edison Portland Dement Co.,
Stewartsville, Ifew Jersey.
Bear Sitfs
Yours of the 18th instant regarding drilling
received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he
was informed that the diamonds were sufficient to make
hits so there would he n6 delay, as the moment they
received a hit they would quickly reset and ship. You
want to kick on paying $16.00 per day for their own
delay and kick herd.'
Yours very truly,
Jl
Secretary.
Aug, 20th 08,
T. C. Martin, Esq. ,
239 West 39th St.,
New York City, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
Yours of tho I8th inst asking if Mr, Edison
left a schedule of his movements when going on his trip
west received. Mr. Edison will keep me posted where
telegrams only will reach him. If you wish to avail
yourself of this, I will he only too glad to give it
Yours very truly, y'/
■*««» as* os»
3dlaon Portland Cfifflartt Co'^
Mt *• ****** W, Adv. i^tot
-At. 7^0 building, »ew YorlCm
J)«r .Sir*
*««* of ^ 20th instant enclo*^ a
*** ***& letter sent wt ^ 4 °°^
• Ht tp dealer8 *nd -a number of
w %*• »*.« left « u. ^
e^jou,. reoM^, , „u ^ ^
"*a* ^attention «je>wj hio return.
y®ai» very truly^
539
Aug. 21, 08.
W. S. Mallory, Esq., V, P.,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewartsville , Hew Jersey.
Bear Sir;
Heplying to yours of July 29th regarding the
carbons that were sent to the Birdshoro Steel Poundry
and Machine Co., I beg to advise that after looking up
the matter I find under date of July 11th 1903 the
carbons were charged by the H. J. & Pa. Con. Works
to the Mining Ex. Co. of N. J. and on Deo. 31, 1907 they
were oharged back to the H. . J . & Pa. Con. Wks., but
they have never been billed ih'the last named
ooiqpany to Thorns A0 Edison. Had we better take the
maJ uer up with the Receiver or what do you think?
Yours very truly,
Secretary. /
Aug. 21, 08.
Hr. S. 0. Edison,
Milan, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed herewith find Hr. Shoo. A. Sdieon'e
cheek to the order of the Treasurer of Erl. Co. Ohio
for $20.26 i„ payment of tar Mil dated June 8th 08.
fhi, check ... fqin.rded to the collector end re-
turned in an envelope -tthout eny explanation nhatever.
»e think that u. are entitled to courtesy of .
few lines 'letting us hnovr 7?hat the trouble lfl
probably the tax has been paid by you; if not wilj.
you kindly ascertain from the colleotor why he does
not accept this chock in payment of the taxes, and
oblige ,
Yours very truly,
Ho K. Kiefer, Esq. ,
Edison Portland Cement Co c ,
Stewartaville, Sew Jersey.
Your, favor, of. |iie :22nd inutantreceivea. 2
have atelit you' about 1 3/4 pounds of the material by
express yesterday, Wh4cH:no doubt you hare received
before this, It was addressed, to Edison Portland .Cement
Co. care Mr. -Mason, as he had 'phoned me before 2 got
your letter. This material’ is made from commercial
Stearic Acid which can be bought from the Century
■Stearic Acid Go. also Smith and Blchols both An brew
the manufacture of the Stearate .of Alumina
is quite a simple operation; all that i3 required is
a steam jacketed kettle in which the stearic acid -is
stop onif led wltli-Ste&rie Acid to make the neutral soap.
■yfrtff is then dissolved An sufficient water to make a
solution that can be readily strained and ban then be
^sured into a solution of Sulphate of Alumina or Common
whichever bait is moot economical.
Then -the precipitate Is sashed :ana squeesfed cut in
With a centrifugal dryer, ^bese-nporatione
A cider press or
Ho Ho Xiefer
- 2 -
are cat-tied on in wooden tanks , a plant Having a capacity
of -about 500 pounds per day and *111 require two 1200
gallon tanks; one for the solution of the soap and
other for the precipitation and a third tank of about
600 gallons capacity for the solution of the alum. In
addition to this steam dryerB are required , such as are
used at the Silver Lake' plant of the storage battery
Company, details of which can be furnished by Mr. Herter.
fhe neutral point is best determined by dis¬
solving a sample -in alcohol and testing with pheny-
Ipthalene. -there shoUld'fbe-.a tarlight -access tit alum or
sulphate, of alumina idien-Ctaie precipitation is completed,
•as that facilitates' the washing ■•operations by insuring
an absence of 'rany slight accessor soap solution which
1» troublesome «
I have a .further lot of 'about three pounds which
-was not ..dry enough to send you uben I -shipped the other
lot. If you -desire to have -this also let me know, and
1 wlll;.iB,glad to give you any further information
yon desire ,on thesaboy&o
..•-'yours very truly.
I/O 'l
/ W
Theodore Dreiser,,
care The Delineator,
#ew Yorlc City, S-. Y.
;,j , Ygur letter of the 27th Peking Itr- Bd’ieon to °
contribute ^.jaxtlcie for your Tusguzine rebeiVed. Hr.
Tfdioon baa gone on an extended -vacation aa& Will' no^ 1l'a]
rotwn -fcr two or three months , eg it will be iinposBfble
tv do -anything for you*
Yours very truly,
601
Bert- 2rd
J4r« Shaodos*# 8raln<*ir, Sec.-oiary.
Sue Selinestor,
Saw ■¥«■*!: City.
3>ocr SStj
3tB*0yin£ tu yanTS of. tba. 29th ult.. Te¬
xas’®.?*: fcn lnt«rrJan ulSh Sr, JScit.ojt, V»$ to iffcata
that. Ur-, saiaor. lait i.-r.oTat.ive orfiora that ha nfconld
not Iso -Wwtarhea hy huitf netws fcf any n&t«T» an he ia on
» ’socutlori-
-Ester lie ^t-reaK3*canoe3 X cd tutcile to ecisfly
Ttrstrc y«iy tidily.
■S3CSS2AT».
, i9tm
aS4h year-re^firct -
Saj^fc. 11th, 1SBH
Hl'» Arthur Brisbane,
c/o Hen Yoj.k Jourj;al>
Sew York City.
Hear Sir:
Yours of the £8th nit. regarding concrete
:c raoeivod.
Shis lifer* a an*’ lie shipped at time but
we were welting for your Superintendent to cot® out
as you mentioned in your letter of ’July 31at, stating
you no.uld send, him to have the proper nixing of oom-mt,
eto. explained to hin. However, if you have changed
your mind in regard to this and do not deaire to send
hie, why we will ship the mfcrtuie immediately.
As to. the cement, if you will Mndly specify
how many barrels you desire, we will forward the order
to StewartBvi lie end have it shipped direct to you from
there.
Yours vary truly.
SECRETARY.
Yours of fcii
lo 9th inat. ..regarding some
proofs which you Bent for .Hr. Miaou? s perusal,
received. Ur. Mi sou is awey at present, ana will
not ho baeh for three or four weeks. ., It will there¬
fore bo impossible to give you the Information you
desire until his rottam. ■ _ '
Yours very truly.
sr-wn^JABY.
Letterbook, LB-078
This letterbook covers the period September 1 908-January 1 909. Most of
the correspondence is by Edison, Harry F. Miller, and George A. Meister. Many
of the letters pertain to Edison’s accounts with the Edison Portland Cement Co.
and J. P. Morgan & Co. There is also correspondence regarding further
improvements in Edison’s alkaline storage battery; continuing production
difficulties at the ore concentration operations in the Dunderland region of
Norway; and the manufacture of batteries by Sigmund Bergmann in Berlin,
Germany. Several letters detail ongoing progress in the design of molds and
patterns to be used in the construction of concrete houses, including a letter to
Charles J. Schmelzer in which Edison describes his plan "to build beautiful
houses at such a low cost that the man who works in the ditch can afford to pay
the rent." In addition, there are letters concerning the production of a railway
vehicle powered by Edison storage batteries; the proposed use of Edison's
cement on Pennsylvania state highways and its actual performance in several
construction projects in New York City; and a request from Edison to Colonel
George W. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer of the Panama Canal, to test
twelve waterproof cement bags. Among the items relating to family and personal
matters are letters pertaining to Edison’s health and diet; his membership in clubs
and societies; his charitable donations; and the upkeep of his winter home at Fort
Myers, Florida. Also included are letters regarding Edison’s recollections of his
experiments with etheric force and the invention of the phonograph; his opinion
of talking films; his suggestion fora treatment of gout; and a visit to the laboratory
by Lord Northcliffe. There is also one letter to a school principal in which Edison
discusses the function of "Broca cells" in the human brain and their effect on the
human personality.
The label on the front cover contains the following notation: "Thos. A.
Edison, Personal Letter Book, From- Sept 19th, 1908, To January 15th, 1909."
There is an inscription on the spine with similar information. The book contains
701 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has
been selected.
y' COPY OP CABLE SENT TO BERGMANN, BERLIN.
•Bdiooncell- Berlin."
"Edison expected twenty first will
reply then."
"Signed" Dyer
dated Sept. 18th 08.
COPY OF CABLE SENT TO BERGMAN, BERLIN.
Bergmann, Berlin.
- Edison not hack until twenty third If Battery
Mrtlns unlwort-t «se"rt ref””ent **"> *”*
for anything of importance."
(Signed) Dyer
Dated 8ept. 22, 08.
flept. ssr art®.
=a» '35. Dick , Esq. ,
T53 W.^ackaonSlvd.,
Chicago , Illinois.
TTour :x*fcfara» -of the ldth instant regarding the
'WUhesden' Works received . . Bdi S ori directs rate to
^rrite you that the -*Hle'aden Works heloag to the
Xjttional mono. Conyany Ttfr ‘phdndgr&phs . 9n ^Battery Co .
nothing to "Bo Trith lt« J' ■--■■
Yours very truly,* Sep
Secretary.
Sept, 23r<S 08
2* Hallentins , Esq. ,
54 Triory Eoad, Xew,
tonflon, s.w. England.
Vriend Ballentine:
Yours of the 8th instant received.
Verily they have made aaraess of.it> yet the same
machinery at our . Cement Vorka has' been a great success.
They. will find in my correspondence no satisfaction,
it is one long series of protests. I never approved
of hut few things and have absolutely no information
as to the construction of the mill. . .
The trouble with belts I cannot
understand, as we handle 800 tons per hour on a -24
inch belt with specific gravity of 2.5, or 60^ more
bulky than iron ore.
I am too old to do anything now. They
should have Btuok to me in the first instance, and
I would, with the rest of the boys, have brought the
thing through successfully, as it was an -easy
proposition oonqjared to cement.
If ours very truly,
»*»*. *6th
J* v. Dial), Jxv, SBq.,
JTew York Edison Co.,
55 Duane Street,
STew York City.
Dear sir:
Replying -to years of the 26th instant rag^llng
*“" °*ra W"*0 « *• ®«W, i tool a.
up .1th our advertising ^
has taken steps to have the copyright nolle, added
th. card. I have also tamed your letter ever to his,
that he can eee the necessity of this action.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
J. C. Reiff, E$a*,
20 Broad Street,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 26th inBtant regarding
Hheumatism received. Mr. Edison directs me to Y/rite you
and aay that your friends had better see Dr. Peterson.
The name that you refer to is Tetraethylammonium
Hydroxide .
YourB very truly,
X I
Sept* 29th 08 o
-Hcr* JSW3. Bo Dodge,
Obaimsn- dominating Commit ten ,
-Aaarioan Society Mechanical Engineers,
29 Went 39th Street, dew York City.
Bear Sir:
2 enclose herewith a copy, of a letter just
received from my friend, John Brit*, which I entirely
agree with, as regards 3rashear*o qualifications for
the office >
Yours Tery truly,
'Oct. lBt 1908,
3t. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico H'y Co.,
W. I. Church, Esq., Purchasing Agent,
Kingsville,
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 28th ult, regarding
received. Mr. Edison no longer handles the
we have sent your letter to’ J. H. Bonnell
York, who may be able to .serve you.
TexaB.
the phonoplex
phonoplex, but
& Co. of Hew
Secretary.
Yours very truly,
74
Oct. 3rd 08.
Edison Ore-Milling Syndicate, Ltd’.,
Mr. J. Hall, Jr., Secretary,
Pitzalan House, Arundel Street,
Strand, London, w.c. England.
Dear Sir:
Replying to attached Call tor j nullUte payabl,,
Oeteben 6th 1908, Ur. Edi.on ni.he, t. ta0„
money from the Call is to be used for.
Yours very truly,
8eoretary. ,
Oct. 2, 08
H. E, n* Atman , Esq.,
9<fTt Myers , Florida.^
Dear gj,r:
Ae -requested in yours of the 26th ult. 1 enclose
herewith cheek for $500.00. Mr. ‘Edison directs me to
say th*t -you had "better purchase whatever glass you ne*i }
Taapa> “because if we ship from here he fears it will
all h8 "broken like first Bhipment. He would also like
to know bow the palms along the road are doing.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Mrs. Lizzie Wadsworth,
2527 Prospect Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Ae per Mr. Edison's request I i
check for One Hundred (#100.00) Dollars as
i sending you herewith
’©quested in yours
of the 1st inst. Mr. Edison would like to have the ambrotype
and would like you to send it by express.
Yours very truly,
I
Oct . 9tix OS,
Z’J/tller, jBaq.,
#i*m» A *00
5fi&»8tnut st0,
S^3iadelphia> ■**'
JOtmr Sir:
1 to acknowledge xaceict e#
”” — M *“ ^^ »xojW..ooJIlT“
2 1 —■ j~ - «. .. zzi”i
«i.» p.rtlwl C„„t ^ „„ " a-
*•"* 1588 *« ^ ««, *»*»,.„ orfr ; ’ W *“?
«,; ' “* st°ci'of' '
ab«w •aae. 1,Bla« c°Hataral f0r
-ours very truly ^
138
Oct. 8th 08.
31r’ y" x* -afldon, Purser,
Steamer Eootenay,
,i*3,E®afesaflJ jB. s,
Vy dear Sir:
nTxtr r “ &°t"w 1 - —
-^x;ri;;rrr~ita"4
keep ^ than Z> ** »-tfr
believe me,
Jrh**ki*S *<>r reporting the loss,
Yours very truly.
Octol
13th 08
J - Bnah A Co^
lOOXUUro st'.^
®BW tori City.
Ytow Sir*:
Your 3*ttor tf the J2th W. receded. Mr.
“» *■“ *> » «n Act... ln aranB>
«• sood a. la get. **« Cha*. Cooper & Co. of to* York.
Yours very trujy,
MJku,
Secretary. /
159
Oct. 13th 1908.
itr° Randolph Perkins s
Commercial Trust Bldg.
Jersey City, B. j„
.Dear Sir:
Pommd r *■ s- !&iiOTy>
° rfccently 'ey you that the Cement r™„
tie amount one. hy them t. the „ ^ pro“Ptl?
was . ld * tbem° ,han this material
Penna - & ^ ^ aSre6m0nt WaS **• bet***n the Bew Jersey &
w°rk- - “« *«- c. L
l° p'Mm, f" the -*—•
ae Cement Company earn »>*
with it two 3hares or carrying
snares o.f common stock, and I ■)», +„
creditor of the B„w r ” tWn-* as the ^
the Bew Jersey & Penna. Concentrating Works afifrep„
to accept this nr8fewo. . * orJCS» aSree<*
against f “'** “d « charge.
«gainst tae amount owed me by the w»„ r .
1 ’iz “ 1 “ co“o"',M• - th” ^ "'d)t"
y & Penna. Concentrating Works I
to carry .«, ttl. arrange™... ’ *
Yours very trjily-; — '*>
■October 12th 08 »
. Croydon Harfcu, 3sq„ ,
18 Southampton Bldgs. ,
Chancery £ane»
London, W. C. Bjgland-
y dear Marks: . +ft
Mr 3„.eph »*“ 11 ~ 4'C“,d
^ the _•>!-* — *» — “
Slmbkln who was an Bnglistoan,
r±th my Chief Draftsman , Mr - Simpk ,
t ,„M -w* I thehU ae.i8" *”a “
athowgh I was told that
-••“““nrrr.
... m life or in other words Sound **■ lCTel» .
his position in lif«^. *3000.
— > - — *-“• - *oo°- rr;:;ir . «.
» - - — * 7 “ n tT- —
crushing ** ^ only ttee I loft him to
ay hhsence *■ ^ ^ draftsman who could
•*»., -annedo Ke 'vuU a more. To put such
carry out the plans of an engineer dollars
a ^ mt vork to design a plant .herein «f
.as inr Dived, van a curious proceedure . *> this Country
, . tt... -thousand dollar men*
G- C„ Maria,
- 2 -
Idswrencfe 2?*1® a contract to pay him $10,000.00 per year,
which, was quite unnecessary. I started In ti> design the
plant and had only proceeded a little way when 1 was told
Simpkin that I need’nt bother very much about it, that
he was going to leave me and had si contract to design the
Jhmderlanif Works himself and was to get $10,000.00 a year.
He took copies of all the drawings he thought he needed
and left for Engl end.
A few drawings which he sent over for approval were
so full of mistakes that it required hundreds of pages to
point out errors . I Sent 26 letters trying to correct
mistakes on a few things only. Whether any corrections in
athe plans were ever made I do not know. I know nothing about
the Mill. I saw, that for reasons I cannot explain, that
every influence was used to -keep me from having anything to
do with the Mill.
Simpkin came over once to visit his family. He never
asked me any questions, stopped only a few minutes, went to
the Cement Plant and stopped over one train, (two hours)
did not enter the Works and gave for his reason that a
draftsman named Herter wan at the Works and he was
objectionable. Here was a mill with the same machinery,
oxnapt magnets, that the Sunder* nd was putting in, working
fine -and making cement cheaper than any other mill in the
United States , yet he took no interest In seeing the
result of experience, and 1 ryself was uever asked for any
of this experience until the Sunderland Mill was proving a
162
G. C, Katks - 3 -
failure, and then not until outside experts from this
Country were "brought in and paid to tell them their troubles.
There never should have been any trouble . The Dunderland
project should hare been a great financial success. With
the same -machinery 1 am crushing 2200 tons of rock in ten
hours ana making it into Portland Cement at a cost lower
“Qian any Cement Mill in existence.
The Dunderland "problem is far easier and the margin
•uT yrrof It way "beyond anything in the Cement business, which
I saa now selling for $2.60 pier ton.
"Sou will notice that 1 gave the Dunderland people
plenty of -warning of what the outcome would be, but no
attention was paid to it.
Ur. Ehofies is a Director of the DundeTlana Co.
You neea not use any of this mattBr unless- I am
attacked or insinuations are thrown out that I have any
responsibility in "the -matter , either in the meetings or in
the press.
Touts very "truly,
163
Oot. 14th 08.
U*»uis J. Vitoeh, Soq. ,
•547 Vernon Avenue,
iLong Island City, JT. >,
Bear Sir;
Yours of the 12th in*, regaling air-ships
received. Ur. Edison directs me to nrite you that he does
-not intend doing any experimental TOrk the lines
aerial navigation.
Yours very truly,
sfaU&fcy
October 14th 08.
S. Hester, Esq. ,
Edison Portland Cement Co.»
Stewartaville, 2Iew Jersey.
Dear Sir:
This is to remind you of your note for $300.00
^ieh fall, due on the 29th last. Kindly advise ^hat you
desire to do regarding the same and ^oblige*
u Yours rery truly,
tM%mn
Secretary* r
Oct. 14th 08.
Po a. Oenung, Esq.,
caxs Cook & Genung Co.,
Tfeuarlc, New Jersey.
~Bsar Sir?
Your letter or the 13th Inst, regarding Edison
Cement received. In reply I ‘beg to say that va tried to
®et with, ‘the dealers and have done so -in every place
but Vemar&o Wo advertise and do everything to throw business
ih tawir -hands, ana have travellers who take orders and
turn them Ovbt to local dealers. But in Benarfethe dealers
knocked our Cement so much that we determined to do without
them, and that is the state of affairs to-day.
Yours very truly,
m
p« Morgan & Co. ,
23 Vail Street,
2Te«r York city „
Gentlemen:
&>clo.ei fix* t™ cex.ino.te, of
‘ - *»« of tte
xon Ore Ce. Ui. end tie .tier for 700 eiaxee of 1 « e.ch
« tt. Wieen Ox. Mm* SyMio„.e, ^ aMflMre4 m
100 “*“«■ « «ci of theee oertifioe.ee
a "4 4iUTe”d t0 »• c”71™ *»xto, or is Soutiemp. on
Buildlnge, Ctancexy lene, loader., e.e. KogleM, „d
certificates for the balance issued and returned to me.
Yours very truly, ' ‘ J
178
0. Croydon Harks , E3q. ,
18 Satrthampi on EldgB.,
Chancery "Lane,
London, w.c. England.
Dear Harks:
Oct. 15th 1908.
In order that you nay he a stockholder and bo
present at mootings I have to-day instructed my bankers
J. P. Iforgan & Co. to have transferred to you, one
hundred shares in each of the Companies vis: The
D underland Iron Ore Co. and the Edison Ore Hilling
Syndicate, Ltd. You will therefor be in a position to
refute any criticisms that may be made against me,
cither at stockholder meetings or in the press, as
T have sent you under separate cover copies of letters
that were written by me warning the Companies of the policy
they were pursuing.
Yours very truly-"
Ooto ISth OBo
Miss Grace A. Board ,
1<X1 4 Si&watfaa. Road,
Brooklyn, Hew York.
Bear His* SoaTdT
Tour letter of the 6th inst. to Mr. Frank
1, Dyer was ixandcd to ek», together with the pamphlet
production- of your late father's article from the Archives
of m&ctrsl&sy and Neurology, and the sketch of your
father's life. T have found all three of groat interest,
aSd? tfcex* yc*f n*t only for the information given in your
lattar, hut also for the two pamphlets which you have so
*maiy presented to rK. They will he preserved in my
aopalUsithB
experiments mafl* at -that time , since which there has come
into being "the system non known as ^Wireless Telegraphy* At
-the -Paris "Exposition in 1881 , when I made an extensire
ejQiihit of the incandescent light, I also exhibited the
experiments in ""Etheric Pores", using the dark box which
your father and I had used in 1875. Great interest was
manifested therein by scientists at that time, and later
there appeared the now well known book of Dr. Horz containing
an exposition of otheric waves, which was followed
afterwards by other literature that gave rise to Wireless
Telegraphy.
As to your father’s theory, as stated on
page 17 of the pamphlet, I would say that part of it is
right, namely, that the phenomena were due to rapidly
reversing, electrical waves. If you obtain and read Dr.
Eerz’s book you will see thiB substantiated therein.
Yours vex y truly,
199
Oot. 19th oe.
W. B. Allen Mfg. Co.,
151 lake Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Bear Sire:
Yours of the 16 th inBt. regarding sprinklers
receired. Ur. Fdison directs ms to -writs you that he
uses the sprinklers for irrigating three acres of garden
in ^Florida , hy a system of pipes, with the several hundred
red tops just flush with the ground. Gives them a shower
every night.
Ihore ohould be a bis « « «*'“ bprltfaerB
„ ».„*• bth.r pl«~ "•«■« to**"**- ***
no nals lb Ploriba for B* »»«» *»a "****•
up.
Yours very truly, ^
Secretary-
268
ChB». 7. Schmelzer, T3uq. ,
care Schnalser -Arms Co,,
Sanaa u City , Mo.
jly flear Mr. Schmslzer :
Sour letter of the 14th last, addreaaed
to Mr- Dolheer kau heeti handed tons. I thank you very
«n ror th. photo.. *.» « V0» mu *— — "
JOTr yotog rwr. tins o»t «* » « the otoer tod partlcolarly
the architected* Tortord t. to I mil to «» thtoKul.
I to toKtee IMP « tolls toantitul home. at
„«h a Itoto.t that the ■ -S'- -""to “ **" di'ta> *“
a«ord t« pay tie rent; tot I -tot te *>t a dimreat type
.rf lean, than non toed, -and the Pto.o U
the type 1 rant > Thin «y*= *hldh coat protohly *16 ,000.0
to, h, toll! toth Iron nonlde and tonorete tor !«• **»
^ODO.M>, and 1 Pent to prove that It van to done.
Yours -very truly s
210
Oct.
19th 08.
J.. 3B. Sallantine, Boq.,
54 Priory Bead, Kew,
Xondan, s.w. England .
Xy dear Ballanfcine:
Yours of the 22nd ult. received and in
reply I bag i0ioay that ay imprepaion is that nothing can
be done with Dunderland at present, as times are too hard.
Aa the Iron ore and mill will not run away I think the time
will come when business people will come forward and
regenerate ii.
We are making and selling Portland Cement for $2.60
per ton, doing 2200 tons crude rook daily. Our machinery
i* a great euccesa. Why not Dunderland?
Yours very truly.
220
Oct. 21st 08.
IS. Taylor, Soq. ,
Arcade Building,
15th & Market StB„,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pear -Sir:
Tours of the 20th inst. regarding the storage
“tettery received. Mr. Edison diroots me to write you
Cast the h&ttery is finished and if the Hew York people
give him the proper car the experiment will he made. Mr.
a* Beach, 42 Broadway, Hew York is looking after it,
ytai.TWckf$xt write him.
Youre very truly,
y(,t;
Secretary.
B.. S, -Opdyke, 35b*!., Pure Agt0,
Bdiaon Portland Cement Co.,
8tewortflvill« , Hew ferae y«
Dear Sir:
Referring to youra of the 19th inat. encloaing
the carbon copy of a letter and order to the American
Pattern Go e of Philadelphia, Pa. Will you kindly advise ub
what this work was for} Mr. Bdieon doea not aeem to know
and direct* na to write you for explanation.
V
Oot. 26th 06.
*=“**• Baldwin, Eaq.,
50 Valkor Hoad, West Orange, H. -J.
Dear Sir:
Youra of the 23rd Inst. regarding the People-a
***** of the Orangea received. Mr. Bdison directa me to write
yoo to please remove his name from the list for reasons
that he says you know about.
Yours very truly.
Secretary. ■'
2S4
n.y
0
*♦ Bosworth, 3aq. ,
527 Fifth Avenue ,
Hew York City.
Bwr Sir:
Your letter of the 21st Inst, received. Mr.
■Kaon directs me to write you that the houee that ha ia
***l*ing was assigned by Harm A HaoHeille and that he tried
fc*3i«re it as beautiful as possible. He would like you
to caste over and see him.
Yours very truly,
'JJ-'ldLoU
Becretaiy.
WWp sicf/'j '
Oct. 27th. 08.
S,. Barshall, Ssq.,
Salisbury Bouse ,
Xondon^tall ,
loiiaon, e.c. England.
Bear Sir:
Sncloaed find "blue -print, which Mr. Sdiacn directs
to 'B<md you. Be has made the following notation on it ,
* ^narahall- Btew Cell- - I .shall rate it 140 amp hours „ Think
lB good for SO at 60,000 truck miles before Si plates
Jiesd be changed „ It gives 520 on long charge."
Your a very truly,
d'LAUL,,;
Secretary. /
246
Col. H. C. Doming,
State Highway Dept.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Friend Demming:
Oct. 26th 08.
My hoys at the Cement Mill advise that they
are having some little trouble In getting our cement accepted
on the Pennsylvania State Highway work and 1 am anxious to
learn as to the troubles and would appreciate It if you would
permit me to send our Chemist, Dr. H. B. Kiefer, to Harrisburg
to discuss the Situation With you.
Our cement la being UBed on some of the largest work
that J8 now going on, such as the Hew York Subway, 125,000
barcols, the JBronx Sewer , 70,000 barrels, Brooklyn Savy Yard
Ury IWok, 60,000 barrels, Manhattan Bridge, 40,000 barrels,
find thus ?ar this year we have a clear record without a single
^barrel Of cement rejected, and I am anxious to have your
Department consider our product favorably.
trusting that you can arrange to see Dr. Kiefer,
With 'kindest regards, I am,
"fours very truly,
•jQct. 26th 08.
SirardSrust Co„,
^•najtelohlu. 3*a»
Dear Sira:
^er an agreement dated Hov. 29th 1899 , Ween
ateaare. Bahian Page, Waiter S. Mallory, William 8. Pilling
and Tfcertm I. -Crane *iih «yeBlf, there was debited with
y^r Company by Myself 27602 shares of the stack of the
SAiaon Portland Co., and by %bbsVb. Page, Vallory,
puling ana crane 27600 *hares, to be held -fff a period of
ten years.
1. to, horoer, 1. S.ttloh*.»r °f «“ »e”“ent
TOx.»a« uud.rtt.ta »d ««•* » “4
M J should here ® *** ■* «- « “UCil,at‘ “•
doUTOT «< •»= 48 M 4ell”“4 “ *"""
..titled thereto, «. th»t «*» »8tl8e *1T°°
„*«». « lo w aeelr. *»* «» MllTery ^ Pl“'
29th 1908, »ud I ««* thfofoxo *** ^
„TO2. »«W — * <* «* *“*«* 81 *** 7°
tQ* TOtu.hd.r -of your receipt, th.t m «• «*» 40 4,1 Yer
-the 'Stock.
lOur Hr. Mallory will nail on you In a few days
the receipt for the 27602 shares of my stock.
. ..... ^ ^
an a *s liver
249
Oirard Trust Co* - 2 -
"Will you kindly acknowledge receipt of thin letter end
•ntate 'that you are ready to make delivery upon preeentation
of the receipts*
Yours very truly,
Oot. 28th 08.
» la
■e-rlZ
H. S. Kiefer, 35s q. ,
Edison Portland, cement Co.,
Stewartsville, Mow Jersey.
Dwar Sir:
Kegarding the later lotB of stearate of alumina,
-they were made in the way which we talked of when you were
down to Mr. Edison, that io sinple precipitate without
washing and the turbidness which you noticed ie due to -the
waltw that have dried with the material. I disoolved Bcme
of the material in benzine and find if you give it time
enough it will settle and become clear. The email lot
cleared up in 24 hours hut in your large *«*» it would
probably take a week, which would necessitate having
several tanks made up ahead.
If this proves troublesome Ve can wash the material
add *t the start the next lots that are made , we will'' do
that way with, to help you out although it takes a little
longer time to make it.
I find that a email percentage of turpentine added
.Is, ■
bo benzine solution greatly facilitates the dissolving and
will retain it in solution without jellying to a far greater
extent without' turpentine. In the experiment I used SO
parts turpentiSB to ISO -ports benzine .
Ywirs very truly,
2?i
1
<>Ct. 29th 08
aw iS^Fth Avoaug^
Star YwrJc.
^mai W *he 28th-*art. *«&&*&« «*er recall
®tl»'on Birwcta ^ine 'ta yaxL that tris *!■« -at'dl
Wrtinfttog *aa 4t laoto ** air »a ^ %* »hi* to *„
^fcnrh =wnsy =**«$■,
$»er«ta,iy.
OjB*, 3i»t .06 o
J. Hughes . Ssq „ ,
stoto Co. ,
SJaAladeOphla, Pa.
,'S**C#±TX
iourc- of the £&th IwrU xecelfcedo *r. Sdlfctm
4.0 arxjte you *h«t he did not &sov 7ou e^nt
»3tettwr, *hye he ^ntwer-«BCBlT*a It, :fcakB ho* ie -the
Otupany -doing.
Yotmj -very trdSy,
•utmm'H to ISeeroteay.
284
3Jov<4^ 1908.
^wo. "E. JJmaton, B» q. ,
^ElaimrBct,
Balias , Texas.
3Tour letter of the 27th. ult. regarding nickel
received. Ur. fidison directs me to write yen that lie 1*
Imying 111* nickel from the American Kickel Go. at a very
l«r price am, and does not think lie would' go into Any
»ln» Without it Was wery attractive. He alec waye you night
n«id wm neesegfe endaple.
Yonre very t*wly .
Mov. 4tfc 1908.
My dear Parshall:
I Bond you the enclosed letter, please do
BSl BiSS. fei® agogrtaln if there is any truth in
the Cassell business. Robinson seems to want it bad. Saw
Morgan the other day and he wants me to hurry it up. If r
was not committed I would go into it myself with my own
money.
You remember that the Metropolitan Co. in How York
busted and threw back on the original owners most of the
leased lines. The four horse oar lines are in a bad way.
▼e are building a pay aB you enter Storage Battery -Car,
280 Cells , A 4, with a regenerative motor, 45 watts per ton
mile, seven stops.
This oar is to run on the Belt tine, it Is to hare two
boosts of 3/4 hour per day and the night charge. It is going
to do the business all right. Some of the engineers say
that if 45 watts car is O. K. and battery will last for six
year* and then new nickel plates, that they think it cheaper
to talcs eare of all future increases with storage using
present station »ghto, than to increase present system hy more
wires and stations.
Yours very truly,
■* SXoftvof C' j ,
ZJ-CsJ. , 5vt-\ A. ~ 6**tC4Kj
291
JTor. 4th 08.
Xlas Mary Roberta,
Sbeneburg, Perma.
Dear Hina Robert n :
Youra of the 2nd inat. regarding the
Shoe. A. S die on Chemical Co. recelTed. Mr. Kdiaon flireots
me -to write you that the concern wbb not authorized to use
hie Bone name. They were a lot of crooks and Hr. Bdleon
Had them debarred from the TJ. S. Malls, for wing the
name fraudulently.
Hoy. AVa. 15WQ
315
Mrs. B. Huggett,
85 Bridge Street ,
Warrington, England.
Dear Mrs. Huggett:
Your* of the 27th ult. asking Kr. Edison
to tell you of a good treatment if or gout received. He
<Ureota me to write you that Merck and Co., German Chemical
Manufacturers , who have a place in England, keep the material.
It is called Tatra-othly-ammoniua hydroxide. They tell
how to use it in their catalogue.
Yours very truly.
Secrets* y v
32B
UoY. 9th 0$m
*. P. B«n«h, JP^.,
42 Broadway, Saw York.
Daar sir:
Xfc reply to your "telephone neseagc asking Mr.
BdUaw to giro you a letter of Introduction to Hr.
Oscar Kaaneratela,-heg to sttfte that Ur. Sdleon directs
as to write you that Jot does not know 4b. Hannae retain.
Tour® reaty truly,
Secretary. /
Hot. 12, Oft.
J*d. Cy^^^ihank, 35sq.,
Sfcuuaokiu, I’etirui.
Bear Si>.
y4>UT8 of the ?th Inst. "regarding the combination
vf iile Uov-ine -Picture )tmchi«e *nfl phonograph received. Hr.
Bdiaon ilr^?cts &e it write yon that you are too late , there
are a -of teOkingkB0V4T3g picture SsShines already, being
exhibit^ in this 'Countyy and several in Europe. He hae
patented oCnbinatins of the two, using a shaft connected
pfccmogtt^ and kimetoscbps. Another party uses a cord to
connect ^ two and dtherc only the phonograph and
kineto8(j0p/j silo "by bid 3.
"far the Illusion to not vxtfy perfect and the
public d0 yadX take to t>iQW very -well, ft Id.il require years
Of ^ijQhiri>^*iting to get pcrf©ct results* In conclusion he
direct* to write that he Inc retired from work along
■bdaerttre^ lines So will not be the man to work but the
idea.
lours very truly, ^ ^ ^
Secretary*
f. 3. I r^t^Tn fthrowlth you^ letter to 8SUnu Co.
345
S4v, 12th Oa.
Basmal Irmull, Sea. ,
TJoaaaonvKt<h Electric Co.,
Chicago, £11-
Dear Sir:
Enolcaod plaaso find chock ror $53.00 payable to
-the Jsnsar'B ioan fe Trust Co. of Sew York for aerviceu as
custodian of aecurities for the JEetate of John ICreuai,
-together with their letter and bill. Xindly sign the oheoh,
return with all. papers to Hr- Chan- Batchelor, 33 West
25th St. , 3Tbw York ana oblige ,
Youra very truly,
Secretary -i
Scientific Aaericto,
Xuoa db Conpany (
361 Broadway,
»ew York.
_ „ *r " u‘' "«■ i-«- «. ^
' *“*“ *1U* -°U «““>.*»« to publish In
** *’"■*" £1<rt recelY*d* »*• KlMb directs- ase
to Z ^ W ^ ^ “U "** **
to writ* ^ ** *.t <* ^ ^ ^ ^
*® • ?-<**' -or tbe article .
Tours very truly
Secretary.
■SMtni. .mi . (j .(t’i 1 !HU its, .it r-, „ , „ ”
■VT.^rrr-- ■
16th 08
Peter J. HUghe8> BBq>
©are *uto Transit Co.,
Title Building,
Philadelphia, Penn a'
Bear Sir:
*onr* of the 1 6th instant re***,^
*>• «««»«„.„ „ t„ w“ ^
« *«.»« .«„t Jols w<aty IZT* ^ “*
— «“ - i- « «_ *. 7Z t **
some of the®. h^e ta lend
3Toure
»<>v. 16th 06.
lord Korthcliff o ,
^8 St. Regia t Jff. Y.
Bear Sir:
=^Hi=r~=-
« 11 ...loo* ,lu b„ y *■>• ”»»*»*», .0 10
•111 bo . good tta. to ootoh bto.
Youro very truly,
J*or Automobile - Take ^ Secretary.
a+ w lackawaima ferry from foot West 23
whinv, tW“ t0 riSht ^0 Park Av,
B r0ad t0 entrance of HeweiIyn Pa_, . nn
“rtTlM **”” tUr” t0 ««“ — « M to Mo„to„
”? - Tain tbalo „„„ Ioot „r ^
1 “ “•°°- J**“- “ <*“*» *>.l, „ _
ta ““ t0 *“t »™-n.bou« 10 rla..
Mov. 26th 06,
Edison Ore-Killing Syndicate- ltd'.,
Mr. J. Kali, Jr. , Secretary/
Eltaalan House, Arundel St. ,
London, V. c. Ungland.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 28th of October
and cablegram of to-days date I beg to otat« that as 1
hava never received enough information that would permit
to give ^ opinion of any value aa to the desirability
of keeping up the patents ., X decline to egress any.
Yours very truly, —
Hoy. 16th 08,
Kr. H. 0. Hope , Supt. Telegraph & Signals,
Chicago, Et. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Rv. Co,,
St. Paul, Minn.
Dear Sir:
loura of the 12th Instant resardinc telephone
transmitters received. You misunderstood about my g0i ns
into the field commercially. I am having made a telephone
transmitter which I think will aid the telegraph, super¬
intendents in their endeavor to change from telegraph to
the telephone. It will he done shortly.
Yours very truly.
Bdiaon Portland Ceaent Co.,
V. S. Mallory , Baq., V. P.,
Stawsrtarllle, Mew Jersey.
Staar Sir:
Yours of the 17th instant enclosing corrected
deed from Samuel J. Raub ana others to Thomau A. Edison
received. Thanking you for the some, I am,
Youre very truly, /Jf _
Secretary.
^ UMfe*. *•*•** ^ ¥ 4
lp£*~ *: *"* d. 4u ~ .*^7 •* ^
*■&*% ** " ^ 1 . y ». . ". jUr **-
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Hot. lBth 06.
Burton Willard, Eaq.,
R. S. B. Ho. 3,
Burlington, W. T «
Bear Sir:
Enclosed find bill covering crank shaft and parts
»e purchased to replace those lost in shipment by Adams
Express Co. last August.'
Pie as o present the "bill 'to "vour Agent at
Burlington. He will probably want the original receipt
for the goods too. Ask him to phsh settlement as much as
possible. If you get no satisfaction from him in a reason¬
able time write mo, and 1 will get 1'r. Dyer to wits a
strong letter to them.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
i
Nov. 21b t 08.
Henry Sclienck, Esq.,
care Merck & Co.,
Sen- York City,
*y dear Hr. Sclienck:
Yovr letter of the 19th Inst, received.
The buttermilk tablets came to hand. Mr. Edison directs
ms to write yon as follows:
n will you please order l/2 don. more boxes of the
Lactic Mac ill! tablets, have them sent to me at the
laboratory and send the hill to me, here."
(Signed)
Edison.
Yours very truly,
Secretary •
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'jVva $t • £ Vvm/^> 6owj«-W<«
429
Mr. BenJ. Douglas, Jr.,
Bun BuiidiDg, 390 Broadway,
Saw York City „
Dear Sir:
Voir, « the 20a instmt „,0<>w ^
"lta 7“ *“* * *• «r. nixmgar’t
' " * «- h.
°ut ^ *“■><* *■»•«**. .. „ .oola reolai,
.“ i”'n” °f «** *•*•« lMa ln tt. „orld;
Yours vary truly,
$-ZMtL>
Sedrafcsy,
Sov. -24th 08.
R. 'H. 3 each s Ssq. ,
42 Broadway , Hew York,
hear Sir:
Yours of the 21st instant regarding the batteries
for the car recelied. Mr. Hdison directs me to write ycm
-as foil ora:
» ’Notice in Price’s paper week before last. Accumulator
Cars on the Goman Railroad. Those cars have 10 tons
battery, rim 25 and 30 miles an hour and are so -successful
they arc putting on moro yet. The batteries are 3 l/2
watts per pound. I am afraid of the sharp jars -and inconven¬
ience of getting -at batteries if put on the trucks. Vhy
act have design got out for both ways? *
(Signed)
Sdison
Youtb very truly.
Secretary./
434
HTov. 24th 08.
Scientific American,
Munn and Company,
361 Broadway, Hew York.
Bear Sira:
Yours of the 21st instant regarding the origin
of the phonograph received. Kr. Edison directs me to write
you that he was working on a machine provided with a disc
of paper, exactly the same as present disc talking machine.
On the travelling arm wrb a magnet which has an embossing
point and this embossed or indented dots and dashes on the
paper, the platen having a grooved volute Bpiral on its'
surface. After recording Horse signals a contact point
swept over the record and the indentations gave movement
to the make and break and reproduced the signals on another
line. Ihen run at high speed it would give a humming sound.
I knew from the telephone about the movements
of the diaphragm^have caused the voice to work a ratched
wheel and toy figure. I then conceived the idea of indenting
hy the voice and reproducing. The machine was made but in
cylinder form and this was first shown in Hew York at office
of the Scientific American.
Yours very truly,
Uak*?
Secretary./
Her.. 25 th 08
The Franco-Amerloan Ferment, Co,,
W* M* Bates, Esq., Sen. Manager,
124 West 31st Street, Hew York.
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 24th instant reoe.t red., «r. Edison
directs me to write you that Merck got^T^x of
containing tablets to he taken at meals, this is what
he '•rants. He flays if you would advertise these you would
he TVBtonlehed at the sales. Hundreds are trying to find
then hut drug atores only carry the Park* -Hay is tablets
to flour milk and these they do So* want .
Yours very truly,
Sfcorctsry,,
452
STov. 27th 0&o
Burton Willard, Keq. ,
R. P. B. jro. 3,
Burlington, B. J.
Dear Sir:
Youre of the 25 th^ instant regarding the garage
^iich you desire to build at Burlington received. Mr. Edison
directs me to write you that it will be all right, go
aboad and send the bill to him at the Laboratory.
Yours very truly.
Secretary. /
P. S« Sketch mailed under separate cover.
CQP1* OP LETTER SENT TO H. P. PARSHAXL NOVEMBER 27-th 1908.
MR. EDISON'S HAMDWRIT1JJG— READ PENCIL.
xxxxxx>^iooocx«;yooaccxxxxxx^>aaaocxxxxyjQcMcxJouoaoc>citxxxxx
larshali :
Of course I do not want anything to do with
.Robinson, only sent you letter for your information.
■Street R. H. Mew Yori - You know that very little attention
•b&s ever paid to lightening the weight of carB and uee of
■regenerating motors. General Electric people feel convinced
that 45 watte can be done. We have had a test on an eleotrio
vehicle on asphalt that -got down to 68 watte ton mile-
solic tires, no ball or roller bearings eight miloe hour
and street car shoudl do 45.
{ Signed)
EDISON.
6'3
Doc. lot 08
J. P. Kar shall, Ewq. ,
General Electric Co.,
Harr 1-eon, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:
Your* of the 27th ult. regarding an interview
with Kr* Edison, regarding some experiment 8 on carbon
^laments received. Call up on the phone any day after
to morrow Wednesday) and I will try to arrange the
interview. Phone Ho, 907 Orange.
Youro very truly,
Secretary.
501
y
Bee. 5th 1908.
0. A. Halford, Esq.,
Tower House , Aide 'burgh,
Suffolk, England .
Bear 8ir:
Yours of the 24th ult. regarding a light car or
bicycle being put on the market and equipped with the
storage battery received. Hr. Edison directs me to write you
that the electric bicycle will undoubtedly come , ac Boon
aa he adapto the battery to it.
Yours very truly,
y-H;
Secretary.
512
•H. C. Hope. Esq. ,
Sup't Tel. & Signals,
Chicago, St. Paul, Miirn. & Omaha jRy. Co.,
St. Paul, Klnn.
Pear Sir:
Vcut letter of the 4th instant regarding the
telephone for train dispatching received. Hr. Edison directs
me to write you that he hao nearly finished the telephone
transmitter and hopes to show it to Sir. Foley in a few daye.
Yours very truly.,
Secretary.
.'tSdison Portland Cement Co. ,
15. S. Opdyke, Esq., Pur. Agt.f
Stewartsville, Hew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Opdyke:
At the time Douis Ott was at Stewartsville
working on the waterproofing hag experiment he took a
charcoal iron and some canvas with him. Our Mr. Greenley
is working on this same experiment and is very badly in
need of these, particularly the charcoal iron. 7/ill you
kindly seo that they are shippej^to us at your earliest
convenience and oblige.
10th 06,
Bdloon PortlandCeaant Co,,
*'* s" Mallory, Eoq., V. P,
StewartsviHe , Vm -Jersey.
•Bear Sir;
Yours or th. 25th ult'. !» A,.* you ..... ^
»0 hhlanoo th, Ml.on Portias,
saioon is $37,563.89 receive
4Al received. ihis aereeo y/ith our
With th0 exception that you have net cv„„rn. „
e nct charged on your state¬
ment, y0ur bill of September 4th 1908; $30.00 for 25
barrels cement shipped to Edison laboratory’.
Yours very truly,
Secretary. /
535
Doc. 11th 08.
W. N. Amidon, Esq.,
Southern Express Co„.
Cumberland , Virg inia .
Dear Sir!
Yours of the 7th. instant regarding concrete
machines received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you that
he does not make concrete machinery and that you would
gr«atly oblige him if you would inform him where you saw
the advertisement or circular put out by the Thomas Edison
Concrete Co. Mi*. Edison wants to follow it up as there is
apparently somebody doing crooked work in thiB connection.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
tS
Deo. 16th 06.
CO.,
Broadway, New York.
Begarding the mortgage for $75,000.00 on
premises No. 10 Fifth Avenue, New York City, I desire
to extend the same three years from January 11th 1909
at the same rate of interest as heretofore paid and as
offered in your letter of November 30th 1906.
You may proceed with drawing the extension
agreement and searching title to date for which you are
to charge $15.00.
'/.oure vi’:-., truly,
> ! i, ;i)i tiHt **»!>■*(■««» I I 'r' ( II / r V
.
December , 14th
Kew York City,
Your postal of the 14th instant regarding the renewal
riptions to* The American Journal of Science, The Analyst,
Journal of Photography , Chemical Abstracts, journal of
Physical Chemistry ,
; Journal iocp. Medicine, Journal of -American
Proceedings Phys. Society, Physical Review ,»nd
Farady Society Transactions, is received.
Mr. .Edison directs me to write you end state that he does
not want the subscriptions renewedfor The Analyst, and The i>ri
Journal of Photography. You may continue sending the American
Journal of Science, Chemical Abstracts, Journal cf Physical
■.iet.y. Proceeding!
Physical Review, Faraday Coder,
Yours very truly,
561
Sec.
19th
Kieo Grace M. Edison,
211 7 East 25th St . ,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Sear Hies Edison:
Replying to your letter of the 13th
instant I beg to state that Mr. Edison has instructed me
to ship you a Standard phonograph and 25 records , which
will go forward by express prepaid in the next two or
three days. It is his wish that the phonograph prove* a
source of much pleasure to you and your aunt.
Yours very truly t
Secretary.
563
Prof. H. D. Hummel,
State Geologist,
Trenton, New Jersey.,
Dear SirT
Dec. 21st 08,
1 am sending you as per agreement the magnetic
surveys in my poooeaaion which I had made of the state of
Hew Jersey, moBtly in the northern section. There will be
a total of 28 surreys, three of which are blue prints and
the remainder original drawings. Also three typographical
mans of the State of Few Jersey with the magnetic stirre.v a
marked in, namely the . Southwestern , northeastern and
central highlands of New Jersey. Some are much worn from
age and handling and therefore will require care to insure
■choir safe arrival and return. Following is a list of these
surveys. Ther-; ota. 3 blueprint also.
List of .'-agnatic Surveys of tne State of New Oersa;
1- S, '.V, of Hill Ogden Mine, Ogdensburg, Few Jersey,
( condition good no date.)
2- Magnetic Survey harming property, Oxford Furnace, Warren
New Jersey- Condition bad. Torn on one end and glueing
coming apart in the middle. 1830.,
3- Hilts, (.blue-print ) Oharleson 0, King ( two blue prints
and original) Osborne, Aaron D. Stevens, Robert Caskey,
George Salmon, Aaron Salmon, K. C, Several, IT. J. Iron
Mining Co., A. S. & S. YT. Salmon, Heirs of Chas, Salmon
564
- 2 -
Kc'lra. of John Drake, Jacob Yager and Richard Stevens,
properties* Duplicate blue-prints here Roxbury and Mt.
Olive Townships. Condi ton fair. Morris Co. S. 7. 1892.
4- lit. Olive, Morris Co., Hew Jersey. Surveyed April 14th
to May 1st 1890. by D. T. Marshall conditon split near
through.
5- Map of Scrub Oak mining property, Morris Co. Hew Jersey,
condition good July 1890 .D,. T. Marshall { Map with
magnetic readings. )
6- Hockport magnetic property, between Washington and
Haokettstown, the maker forgot to mark the drawing Hew Jersey
no date condition good.
7- Magnetic survey of Stanhope mine, Sussex Co. Hew Jersey.
Theo. Lehman Sept. 25th 1890. condition good.
8- Magnetic survey of lands situated between Hilts mine
and Shippenport Dec. 10th 189i. Theo. Lehman Good
South Vein, Kt. Olive.
9- Magnetic survey Tarrhill Mine, Andover, Sussex Co.
Hew Jersey Ho. Date { looks like Lehman's writing.)
10- Magnetic survey of lands under lease to Russel P . Hoyt,
G. A. W. Hibelius, M. E. July 1890 condition good.
11- Magnetic survey of A. F. Stevens mine, Ht. Olive
Township, Morris Co. Hew Jersey. Theo. Lehman Oct. 3rd 1890
( torn)
12 and 12a- Montana section of Scotts mountain range, S. G.
Burns, sheets Hob, 3, 6, 6 and 7. Ho date 'Bad 2 numbers 1 &
13- Marbel mountain range, sheets Ho. 1 and 2, no date
condition bad.
14- Magnetic Survey of Mt. Bethel mines. Ho date Condition
torn.
565
- 3 -
is- Hilton- Hop.o.11 .aenetio „uar 0gdM no ^
Se°““” " hiU »*— * ™ 11 to b. «**, Som
Oak mines , Hew Jersey. ». T. M. no date'o
XV- McColum Brow.vil.le and minea No date No name Good.
18- Important magnetic survey of Ogden mine, N. *. of mill
no date Good.
19- Important magnetic survey position of Mt. Olive. D. T.
Marshall May 1890 Good.
20- Magnetic Survey of min pond, near N. J. & Penna.
Concentrating Works , March 1893 Good.
21- Magnetic survey of Shermann and Bunker mines, Sussex
County, Hew Jersey. Ho date Good.
22- Magnetic survey of Ogden, probably the center no date
fair condition.
23- Magnetic survey Utter Range no date no county etc.
good condition.
24- Magnetic survey Hopewell, mine, Sussex Co., Hew Jersey.
No date
2b- Mill pond H. B. og Ogden Mine 1893.
26- Magnetic survey of Hilts, Clarkson S. King, Osborne,
Aaron D. Stevens, Robert Caskey, GCo. Salmon, Aaron Salmon,
H. C. Several, Hew Jersey Iron Mining Co. and A. L. & S. %.
Salmon, Hoirs of Chao. Salmon, Heirs of John Drake, Jacob
Yager and Richard Stevens properties. Roxbury and Mb. Olive
Townships, Morris County, Hew Jersey. 1892.
27- Same as Ho. 1, except that it only shows Hoplers
property.
28- Magnetic survey Ogdon Mine property and Franklin Iron Co,
Ho date.
566
2ft- Blue printn-- Magnetic survey <r. S. Higgs, P, A. Hoffman,
A. Paulk, Callahan, G . Wack, Sayer, Daniel H. Wolf, Widow
Drake, Gideon Salmon, William Rarick, and William K. Hopler,
Kt. Olivo Township, Morris County, New Jersey. 1892 Good.
Yours very truly, _
SlL a bi,.^
t>. S. Kindly return the drawings when through with thorn.
568
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or r. Esq. , V .
rtsville , New Jersey.
the 16th instant regarding the charge of
Edison made by the Girard Trust Co,
si 50 .00 against Hr. Edison .made hy the Girara irus^ ...
received. Heplylns to your “ 1<,ok UP *"
t,he iournnl about Becomber 1st IB99 an. ... if “O' Payment
Z to th. MM* Trust Co'. « !BU* * *»». 1 be8
to state that the first charge we ... find on °yr b°°kB iB
for year ending Bov. 99th 1903. Thl. 1. in a for. of a letter
fro, Pilling and Crane and I will «■»« '*rt °f
-You will remember that thl. matter name up for dl.ou.olon
la,t wear and w. effected a eomproml.e with the understanding
chat hereafter they would exact their annual fee of *>00.00
and that no concession would he mado. «B
,.„d u, your check for &■».«>, =™” Portion of this
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question of a rebate."
It is evident from this that the first payment
, . .path 1903. Trusting this
waa made for the year ending Nov.
information is what you need, I nun,
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Secretary.
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C'oi. Geo. V, Goethale,
Chairman & Chief Engineer,
Isthmian Canal Commission,
Culebra , Canal Zone,
Uy dear Col. Goethale:
Since I had the pleasure of a visit
from you, I have been at work on the damp-proof bags and I
believe I have made substantial progress and I have directed
our eeople to forward to you six bags filled with Edison
cement and also six empty bags, end I would appreeiate it if
you would advise me in what condition the filled bags reached
you, both as to the bags and the contents, and would also
appreciate it if you would fill the empty bags, putting them
through the usual tests, advising me at your earliest
convenience as to the results.
TM, .,.H. cf a.»-pr»°r »«» *■ 1 “
w *,cfc !■««..«* I »iU »y h.lp «.t you
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Yours very +r::ly ,
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Dec. 28th 08,
Jan, 4th 09,
Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co,,
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Dear Sira:
Heplyiny to yours o f the 24th ult. I enclose
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January Hth 1912, executed hy Mrs. Edison before a Commissior
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7 th 09,
I Sy dear Mr. Coffin:
fours of the 6th instant regarding the develope-
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not connected with the scheme. There is hound to he something
done with it and you better have it followed up.
Please tell me if Beach can he trusted, so far
I have I . trusted him as I understand he had some trouble with
Yours very truly,
prm**Trn 7"
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Replying to your letter of the 7th of December
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Kr. -Edison, check for $100.00 which I trust you will reccl-
with Mr. "Edison's good wisheB.
P. S. Unclosed herewith you will find
certificate which you sent.
671
Jan. 12th 09.
l£rs. W. 'Payer ,
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Dear Mrs. Poyer:
Replying to yours of the 5th instant Mr.
Edison has instructed me to send you hy express prepaid
a Standard Phonograph with 30 two minute and 20 four mir.ute
records, with the hope that you will derive very much
pleasure from the same.
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